{"product_id":"miloszs-abcs-9780374527952","title":"Milosz's Abc's","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMemories, dreams and reflections from the Nobel Laureate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe ABC book is a polish genre-a loose form related to a hypertext novel-composed of short, alphabetically arranged entries. In Milosz's conception, the ABC book becomes a sort of autobiographical reference book, combining entries concerning characters from his earlier work with references to some of his memory poems. He also writes of real, historical figures like Camus who were particularly influential during his formative years, and of broader topics such as \"The City,\" \"Unhappiness,\" and \"Money.\" Another fascinating entry in Milosz's bold opus, \u003ci\u003eMilosz's ABCs\u003c\/i\u003e is an engaging tribute to a brilliant mind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCzeslaw Milosz \u003c\/b\u003eis the winner of the 1978 Neustadt International Prize in Literature and the 1980 Nobel Prize in Literature. Since 1962 he has been a professor, now emeritus, of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of California, Berkeley. His most recent publications are \u003ci\u003eStriving Towards Being: The Letters of Czeslaw Milosz and Thomas Merton\u003c\/i\u003e (FSG, 1997)and \u003ci\u003eRoad-side Dog\u003c\/i\u003e (FSG, 1998). He lives in Berkeley, California and Krakow, Poland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52038840713490,"sku":"9780374527952","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7a3ba344-a47c-4652-86f0-480ae350aae5.jpg?v=1771336105","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/miloszs-abcs-9780374527952","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}