false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177344138m/694820.jpg 694820 4 <P>Czeslaw Milosz did not believe he would ever return to the river valley in which he grew up. But in the spring of 1989, exactly fifty years after he left, the new government of independent Lithuania welcomed him back to that magical region of his childhood. Many of the poems in <I>Facing the River</I> record his experiences there, where the river of the Issa Valley symbolizes the river of time as well as the river of mythology, over which one cannot step twice. This is the river Milosz faces while exploring ancient themes. He reflects upon the nature of imagination, human experience, good and evil--and celebrates the wonders of life on earth.</P><P>In these later poems, the poems of older age, this Nobel laureate takes a long look back at the catastrophic upheavals of the twentieth century; yet despite the soberness of his themes, he writes with the lightness of touch found only in the great masters.</P> 681139 1994 Facing The River total:33|5:8|4:19|3:6|2:0|1:0| 33 134 40 4 4 0 false false Fri Oct 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 14 08:26:06 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 03 13:32:51 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sun Feb 03 09:38:55 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 03 09:39:26 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Sat Oct 25 22:41:06 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 26 21:53:27 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Fri Aug 29 06:06:46 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 27 20:09:42 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 29 06:06:46 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sun Nov 01 10:20:33 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 10:20:33 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sat Oct 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 09:25:37 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 09:25:37 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Aug 20 13:53:54 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 13:53:54 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Aug 01 13:29:33 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 11:15:23 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 13:29:33 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jun 09 16:22:25 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 16:22:32 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jun 03 14:48:51 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 12:19:57 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 14:48:51 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Apr 23 22:49:33 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 22:49:33 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Mar 17 23:42:20 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 23:42:33 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Feb 22 14:54:08 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 14:54:08 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Nov 12 21:09:27 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 12 21:09:27 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Mon Sep 29 16:40:58 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 29 16:40:58 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sun Sep 21 13:39:12 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 21 13:39:12 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sun Nov 02 15:40:40 -0800 2008 Fri Sep 12 13:57:07 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 02 15:40:40 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Thu Aug 07 22:31:33 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 07 22:31:33 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Thu Jul 17 16:25:24 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 17 16:25:24 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sat Jul 05 09:08:19 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 10:26:49 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 05 09:08:19 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=694820