The Issa Valley (Penguin Modern Classics) - Softcover

"* "An idyll of immense charm and poetic depth..." John Bayley * "The Issa Valley is not only impressive but also an immediately appealing novel" - Michael Irwin, Times Literary Supplement * "Nothing rings false in this poetic and realistic tale. Even the scenes that...belong to another time and place will hold your attention to the end" - Chicago Tribune"

Reissued to mark Milosz's 90th birthday, THE ISSA VALLEY is a brilliant evocation of life on the Polish-Russian borders in the early 20th century, an extraordinary piece of nature-writing and a profound meditation on childhood. Milosz's book is acclaimed as an unflinching inquiry into the genesis of our modern affliction (where compelling religious belief is being replaced by the 'truth of science') which has resulted in spiritual vacancy and the isolation of the individual.