by Czesław Miłosz · Plaza & Janés · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401811876
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The Issa Valley is a novel by author Czesław Miłosz, published in 1955. The story focuses on Thomas, a Lithuanian boy living in an environment where religious traditions mix with pagan ecstasy and Manichean horror. The novel is full of poetic imagery and autobiographical anecdotes, offering a deep insight into life and nature.
Czesław Miłosz was a Polish-American poet, prose writer, translator, and diplomat. He primarily wrote his poetry in Polish. Regarded as one of the great poets of the 20th century, he won the 1980 Nobel Prize in Literature. In its citation, the Swedish Academy called Miłosz a writer who "voices man's exposed condition in a world of severe conflicts".
