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Native Realm: A Search for Self-Definition Paperback – June 27, 2002

by Czeslaw Milosz (Author), Catherine S. Leach (Author)

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The autobiography of the Nobel laureate

Before he emigrated to the United States, Czeslaw Milosz lived through many of the social upheavals that defined the first half of the twentieth century. Here, in this compelling account of his early life, the author sketches his moral and intellectual history from childhood to the early fifties, providing the reader with a glimpse into a way of life that was radically different from anything an American or even a Western European could know.

Using the events of his life as a starting point, Native Realm sets out to explore the consciousness of a writer and a man, examining the possibility of finding glimmers of meaning in the midst of chaos while remaining true to oneself.

In this beautifully written and elegantly translated work, Milosz is at his very best.

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“Powerful . . . Native Realm is a sinewy, joyful book.” ―Newsweek

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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Polish

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Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 1 edition (June 27, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0374528306
ISBN-13: 978-0374528300
Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 0.9 x 8.2 inches
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Sudheer Kolachina

Excellent work by my favorite author

May 15, 2016

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Excellent work by my favorite author. Milosz weaves his personal experiences with the histories of various nations in the Eastern Europe of twentieth century. He shifts with great ease between the macro and micro perspectives. There is not a single dull paragraph.

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June 29, 2016

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Amazing author, beautiful book.

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January 19, 2016

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very good interesting read

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Veronica McManus

Captivating memoir of an intelligent young man trying to escape the insanity of war

November 17, 2015

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Captivating memoir of an intelligent young man trying to escape the insanity of war. Really inspired me to read more of his poetry and prose. I first read this book in Krakow, then discovered that is where the author had died. Wish I could have taken a class from him.

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an excelent essay about life and History in Poland and Lithuania

June 13, 2009

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A very instructive and interesting book about eastern Europe, being the author's existencial autobiography. The book gives important informations about less known issues, like Oskar Milosz poetry. Not to be missed by anyone who likes Czeslaw Milosz's work.

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John L. Leland

It is indeed a marvelously vivid account of an intelligent, sensitive young writer growing up in parts of ...

April 10, 2018

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I suppose I will not show up as "verified purchase" since I bought a copy of this book before Amazon existed, but only now have had time to read it. It is indeed a marvelously vivid account of an intelligent, sensitive young writer growing up in parts of what was then Poland in the interwar years --and visiting parts of Western Europe, notably a boat trip down the Rhine and a visit to Paris which he saw as both an intellectual meeting his "uncle" Oskar and other intellectuals and as a desperately poor student -- rather Hemingway's Movable Feast meets Orwell's Down and Out in Paris and London. I was struck by the emphasis on the number of poor Polish migrant workers in western Europe at the time, a phenomenon repeated after the fall of Communism. The book goes on to the war years, escaping from conquered Poland to Lithuania and then, when the Soviets occupied Lithuania, back into the German-occupied part of Poland. (He says all the Poles believed the German occupation was temporary, but from centuries of experience they expected the Soviet/Russian occupation to be permanent.)

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H. Schwartz

Humanizing companion to more formal histories of eastern Europe

June 7, 2010

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Really a superb book. I agree with all the other reviewers, and don't have much to add because I don't want to be redundant. Just a few things:

As a Jew, I particularly enjoyed the discussion of the university and political climate in Wilno of the 1930s. It sounded to me so much like its modern North American counterpart in numerous cities, and I could really feel how much was lost when this world ended, its natural evolution stopped dead in its tracks. Milosz is such an astute, balanced observer, bringing to light a more optimistic picture of a past that became understandably buried by the tragedies that soon followed.

His other gift is to humanize the historical currents that were driving eastern Europe towards Communism. He explains the political and social pressures that influenced the period's intellectuals, without ever becoming pedantic. The prose exudes such a beautiful sense of warmth and humanity.

Near the end he becomes rather Hamlet-esque. He admits that he fears readers will see him as such, and I have to say, it rang a bell for me because he goes on and on into eloquent contradictions. But perhaps this is an allegory for his state of mind at the time, when he was contemplating whether to defect to the West and leave his native country for good?

The conclusion seems to just trail off......I was disappointed with it, because he starts into themes that he had not explored in depth beforehand. Weak. I fear I may have missed something. But otherwise, a fabulous book and I'm so glad that I read it.

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Igor Biryukov

Astonishing auto-biography of the ultimate Eastern European

November 13, 2000

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If you want to better understand Europe and European history of the 20th century, this is a book to read. Milosz is a Nobel prize-winning poet and writer. This book is his autobiography. He was born in 1911 on the territory of the former Russian Empire. He comes from the Polish-Lithuanian family and is an ultimate Eastern European. He also knows America and Western Europe well.
His knowledge of the European history of the 20th century is nor from the books, but something he lived through himself. Milosz traveled to Siberia with his father. He survived both World wars. He studied in France before WW2 and spent the war in Warsaw, where he witnessed destruction of Warsaw after the upraising. Milosz seems very observant, honest, and has a tendency to self-reflection, which makes the narrative even more interesting.
He had many dangerous adventures during the war years and he remembers and describes them in great detail. Many of his remarks about Russia are right on target (as Russian I can confirm that). This is great and unique book of the ultimate Eastern European. Definitely worth reading if you are interested in the history of this part of the world.

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