This volume acquaints us with a man whose work, life, and thought defy easy characterization. He is a sensualist with a scholar's penchant for history, as likely to celebrate Heraclitus as the hooks on a woman's corset.

... Czesław Miłosz's poetry , although it remains in constant dialectic with its dualist negation . For the Polish poet , it is very often the body that believes in the face of the doubts of the mind . 66 67 61 Miłosz , The Land of Ulro ...

This is a translation of dialogues between the Polish Nobel laureate and two inquisitors.

This book presents Czesław Miłosz's poetic philosophy of the body as an original defense of religious faith, transcendence, and the value of the human individual against what he viewed as dangerous modern forms of materialism.

Exiles evokes some of the most compelling and troubling themes of the twentieth century, still resonating with equal force during this time of migrations and profound transience"-- Page 2 of book jacket.

Presents a collection of musings on a variety of subjects, listed alphabetically, including literary characters, historical figures, and real and imagined places.