Proud To Be A Mammal

Proud To Be A Mammal

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Proud to be a Mammal (1942-97) is Czeslaw Milosz's moving and diverse collection of essays. Among them, he covers his passion for poetry, his love of the Polish language that was so nearly wiped out by the violence of the twentieth century, and his happy childhood. Milosz also includes a letter to his friend in which he voices his concern about the growing indifference to murder and the true value of freedom of thought, as well as a verbal map of Wilno, with each street revealing both a rich local history and intricate, poignant personal memories.

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304
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16.50 €

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I really was prepared to like Miłosz. For whatever reason I had this idea that noble prize winners should be likable people. Unfortunately he is not, at least not to me. While I found his memories of the time during nazi occupation very interesting and I also understand that he has experienced terrible things, I was surprised by his lack of ability of reflection. He pointed with his finger to other people a lot, explained to us his extraordinary talent and talked a lot about sins, Christianity and it that context the disconnection of sex and fertility in our modern times. Apparently I had wrong expectations, nevertheless I'm disappointed.

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