{"product_id":"a-book-of-luminous-things-an-international-anthology-of-poetry-9780156005746","title":"A Book of Luminous Things: An International Anthology of Poetry","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eSelected by Nobel Laureate Czeslaw Milosz, an inspiring collection of 300 poems from writers around the world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eCzeslaw Milosz's\u003cem\u003e A Book of Luminous Things\u003c\/em\u003e--his personal selection of poems from the past and present--is a testament to the stunning varieties of human experience, offered up so that we may see the myriad ways that experience can be shared in words and images. Milosz provides a preface to each of these poems, divided into thematic (and often beguiling) sections, such as \"Travel,\" \"History,\" and \"The Secret of a Thing,\" that make the reading as instructional as it is inspirational and remind us how powerfully poetry can touch our minds and hearts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMilosz, Czeslaw:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Czeslaw Milosz (1911-2004) was born in Lithuania. During the Second World War he was active in the Resistance in Poland and later served in the Polish diplomatic corps. A poet, translator, essayist and novelist, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1980.","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50613595144466,"sku":"9780156005746","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_71d98ee1-b4d6-437a-ad33-d1b83910878a.jpg?v=1732410439","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-book-of-luminous-things-an-international-anthology-of-poetry-9780156005746","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}