Road-side Dog
Written by Czeslaw Milosz
Translated from the Polish by the Author & Robert Hass

In this memorable collection of poems and essays, aphorisms and anecdotes, Czeslaw Milosz addresses a wide range of topics with extraordinary insight and a wry sense of humor. From reflections on youth and beauty to meditations on growing old, from thoughts on this century's dark history to the poet's place at this stage, Milosz reveals an inimitable gift for observation in simple, beautiful prose. Remarkable for its brevity, spontaneity, and generosity of spirit, Road-side Dog is one of the most engaging works to date from one of our greatest poets.

"A valorous and beautiful work. . . There are poems as haunting as any he has written."
RICHARD EDER, Los Angeles Times

"An end-of-the-century diary from one of the century's most important poets."
CHRISTOPHER MERRILL, San Francisco Chronicle

CZESLAW MILOSZ was born in Szetejnie, Lithuania in 1911. A witness to the devastation of Lithuania and Poland by the Nazi and Stalinist tides, he survived World War II in German-occupied Warsaw with his wife, Janina, publishing in the underground press. After the war he was stationed as a cultural attache from Poland in New York, Washington, and Paris; he defected to France in 1951. In 1960 he accepted a position at the University of California at Berkeley. Milosz received the 1978 Neustadt International Prize in Literature and the 1980 Nobel Prize in Literature. He died in Krakow, Poland, in 2004.

Publishing House: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York 1999
SoftCover book measuring 5.5" x 6.5"
208 pages
English Language Version

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