Publication

1986 - Ecco, New York, United States

Language

English

Word Count

40,000 words, Guess

Page Count

160 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archiveunattainableeart00milo
  • ISBN-100880011025
  • ISBN-139780880011020
  • LibraryThing130853
  • Goodreads223070
and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780880011020
  • Open LibraryOL22364033M

Description

In his first collection of new poems since receiving the Nobel Prize in 1980, Milosz has changed the very idea of what a book of poetry can be. He combines verse, prose poems, prose jottings, pensees, quotations, translations, and even fragments from personal letters into the shape of a writer's notebook. Under the surface of these multiple forms, a deeper unity appears. Whether Milosz meditates on sexuality, language, the problems of belief, urban street life, or the mysterious annihilating power of time, his central theme is the desire to confront the ecstatic experience of life on earth. The volume also includes poems of Walt Whitman and D.H. Lawrence which Milosz translated into Polish. ISBN 0-88001-098-3 : $17.95.

Subjects

Topics

Robert HassAmerican poetryPolish American authorsTranslations into EnglishSlavic literature, translations into english

Other Editions

  • Unattainable earthEcco1986

Reader Reviews

No reviews yet for this book.

Be the first to share your thoughts!