{"product_id":"legends-of-modernity-essays-and-letters-from-occupied-poland-1942-1943-9780374530464","title":"Legends of Modernity: Essays and Letters from Occupied Poland, 1942-1943","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLegends of Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e, now available in English for the first time, brings together some of Czeslaw Milosz's early essays and letters, composed in German-occupied Warsaw during the winter of 1942-43. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Why did the European spirit succumb to such a devastating fiasco?\" the young Milosz asks. Half a century later, when \u003ci\u003eLegends of Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e saw its first publication in Poland, Milosz said: \"If everything inside you is agitation, hatred, and despair, write measured, perfectly calm sentences...\" While the essays here reflect a \"perfect calm,\" the accompanying contemporaneous exchange of letters between Milosz and Jerzy Andrzejewski express the raw emotions of \"agitation, hatred and despair\" experienced by these two close friends struggling to understand the proximate causes of this debacle of western civilization, and the relevance, if any, of the teachings of the Catholic church. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePassionate, poignant, and compelling, \u003ci\u003eLegends of Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e is a deeply moving insight into the mind and emotions of one of the greatest writers of our time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCzeslaw Milosz\u003c\/b\u003e (1911-2004) was the winner of the 1978 Neustadt International Prize for Literature and the 1980 Nobel Prize in Literature. His last book was \u003ci\u003eTo Begin Where I Am\u003c\/i\u003e (FSG, 2001). He is the author of numerous works, many of which have been translated into English, including \u003ci\u003eBeginning with My Streets\u003c\/i\u003e (FSG, 1992), \u003ci\u003eThe Year of the Hunter\u003c\/i\u003e (FSG, 1994), \u003ci\u003eRoad-side Dog\u003c\/i\u003e (FSG, 1998) \u003ci\u003eMilosz's ABC's\u003c\/i\u003e (FSG, 2001) and \u003ci\u003eTo Begin Where I Am\u003c\/i\u003e (FSG, 2001).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50323806519570,"sku":"9780374530464","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c6e18937-31e0-4520-804b-e5d51c73135c.jpg?v=1727661454","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/legends-of-modernity-essays-and-letters-from-occupied-poland-1942-1943-9780374530464","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}