To Begin Where I Am: Selected Essays - Softcover

"To Begin Where I Am stands as the most complete one-volume edition of Milosz's prose writings available in English by "arguably the greatest living poet." --Edward Hirsch, "The New York Times Book Review
"Milosz's vigorous and sinewy prose is that of a man of a particular historical moment...The reader will find, in both the expository essays and the incomparable portraits of his contemporaries, Milosz's characteristic intensity, momentum, and savage intelligence." --Helen Vendler, "Harper's Magazine
"Extraordinary...These 400 or so pages document the development, over seven decades, of a great mind." --"The Economist
"Beguiling...[Milosz] displays his genius for wedding palpable, personal loss to larger themes...["To Begin Where I Am] grants privileged access to a singular literary mind." --Carlin Romano, "The Philadelphia Inquirer
"[This collection] could not have come at a better time...A remarkable body of work...Enlightening." --Cynthia L. Haven, "San Francisco Chronicle Book Review
"To Begin Where I Am" stands as the most complete one-volume edition of Milosz's prose writings available in English by "arguably the greatest living poet." --Edward Hirsch, "The New York Times Book Review"

"Milosz's vigorous and sinewy prose is that of a man of a particular historical moment...The reader will find, in both the expository essays and the incomparable portraits of his contemporaries, Milosz's characteristic intensity, momentum, and savage intelligence." --Helen Vendler, "Harper's Magazine"

"Extraordinary...These 400 or so pages document the development, over seven decades, of a great mind." --"The Economist"

"Beguiling...[Milosz] displays his genius for wedding palpable, personal loss to larger themes...["To Begin Where I Am"] grants privileged access to a singular literary mind." --Carlin Romano, "The Philadelphia Inquirer"

"[This collection] could not have come at a better time...A remarkable body of work...Enlightening." --Cynthia L. Haven, "San Francisco Chronicle Book Review"

"To Begin Where I Am" stands as the most complete one-volume edition of Milosz's prose writings available in English by "arguably the greatest living poet. "Edward Hirsch, The New York Times Book Review"

Milosz's vigorous and sinewy prose is that of a man of a particular historical moment...The reader will find, in both the expository essays and the incomparable portraits of his contemporaries, Milosz's characteristic intensity, momentum, and savage intelligence. "Helen Vendler, Harper's Magazine"

Extraordinary...These 400 or so pages document the development, over seven decades, of a great mind. "The Economist"

Beguiling...[Milosz] displays his genius for wedding palpable, personal loss to larger themes...["To Begin Where I Am"] grants privileged access to a singular literary mind. "Carlin Romano, The Philadelphia Inquirer"

[This collection] could not have come at a better time...A remarkable body of work...Enlightening. "Cynthia L. Haven, San Francisco Chronicle Book Review""

To Begin Where I Am stands as the most complete one-volume edition of Milosz's prose writings available in English by "arguably the greatest living poet. Edward Hirsch, The New York Times Book Review

Milosz's vigorous and sinewy prose is that of a man of a particular historical moment...The reader will find, in both the expository essays and the incomparable portraits of his contemporaries, Milosz's characteristic intensity, momentum, and savage intelligence. Helen Vendler, Harper's Magazine

Extraordinary...These 400 or so pages document the development, over seven decades, of a great mind. The Economist

Beguiling...[Milosz] displays his genius for wedding palpable, personal loss to larger themes...[To Begin Where I Am] grants privileged access to a singular literary mind. Carlin Romano, The Philadelphia Inquirer

[This collection] could not have come at a better time...A remarkable body of work...Enlightening. Cynthia L. Haven, San Francisco Chronicle Book Review

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"To Begin Where I Am stands as the most complete one-volume edition of Milosz's prose writings available in English by "arguably the greatest living poet." --Edward Hirsch, The New York Times Book Review

"Milosz's vigorous and sinewy prose is that of a man of a particular historical moment...The reader will find, in both the expository essays and the incomparable portraits of his contemporaries, Milosz's characteristic intensity, momentum, and savage intelligence." --Helen Vendler, Harper's Magazine

"Extraordinary...These 400 or so pages document the development, over seven decades, of a great mind." --The Economist

"Beguiling...[Milosz] displays his genius for wedding palpable, personal loss to larger themes...[To Begin Where I Am] grants privileged access to a singular literary mind." --Carlin Romano, The Philadelphia Inquirer

"[This collection] could not have come at a better time...A remarkable body of work...Enlightening." --Cynthia L. Haven, San Francisco Chronicle Book Review

Five decades of essays by the revered writer are collected here, with writings on war, human nature, faith, communism, and Polish culture, among other topics. Reprint.