{"product_id":"the-year-of-the-hunter-9780374524449","title":"The Year of the Hunter","description":"\u003cp\u003eLike \u003ci\u003eNative Realm\u003c\/i\u003e, Czeslaw Milosz's autobiography written thirty years earlier, \u003ci\u003eA Year of the Hunter\u003c\/i\u003e is a \"search for self-definition.\" A diary of one year in the Nobel laureate's life, 1987-88, it concerns itself as much with his experience of remembering as with the actual events that shape his days. Shuttling between observations of the present and reconstructions of the past, he attempts to answer the unstated question: Given his poet's personality and his historical circumstances, has he managed to live his life decently?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Milosz's thoughts on the Catholic Church and his conversations with Pope John Paul II to his impatience with sixties American radicalism and his reflections on the avant-garde, \u003ci\u003eA Year of the Hunter\u003c\/i\u003e brims with caustic wit and shrewd observations about people, places, politics, and literature. Milosz also gives us a deeply personal portrait of life in pre-war Poland in which he charts his conflicting feelings about Poland and the Polish people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLively in tone, impressive in its intellectual breadth, \u003ci\u003eA Year of the Hunter\u003c\/i\u003e offers a splendid introduction to Milosz for new readers and, for those who know his essays and poetry, the pleasure of watching him master another genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This lively journal shows Milosz grappling with his thoughts on evil, death, sex, vanity, music and spirituality.\" -\u003ci\u003e Publishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/31\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374524449\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.19h x 6.11w x 0.79d","brand":"Czeslaw Milosz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39397206720693,"sku":"9780374524449","price":19.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_45ee8f1f-49ed-482c-b036-156bbf08aac4.jpg?v=1615295699","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-year-of-the-hunter-9780374524449","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}