LEADER 02780nam 22004935 450 001 9910157410103321 005 20200229105050.0 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300224528 035 $a(CKB)3710000000984179 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4773640 035 $a(DE-B1597)540501 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300224528 035 $a(OCoLC)967392148 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000984179 100 $a20200229h20172017 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Mountains of Parnassus /$fCzeslaw Milosz 210 1$aNew Haven, CT : $cYale University Press, $d[2017] 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (182 pages) 225 0 $aThe Margellos World Republic of Letters 300 $aOriginally published as Go?ry Parnasu. Science fiction in 2012 by Wydawnictwo Krytyki Politycznej. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tTranslator's Introduction: Science Fiction as Scripture -- $tA Note on the Translation -- $tIntroductory Remarks -- $tDescribing Parnassus -- $tKarel's Adventures -- $tOn Methods of Governing -- $tThe Cardinal's Testament -- $tAn Astronaut's Tale -- $tAppendix: Ephraim's Liturgy 330 $aThe Nobel laureate's unfinished science fiction novel-available in English for the first time ever Awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1980, Czeslaw Milosz was one of the twentieth century's most esteemed poets and essayists. This outstanding translation of his only hitherto unavailable work is classic Milosz and a necessary companion volume for scholars and general readers seeking a deeper understanding of his themes. Written in the 1970s and published posthumously in Polish in 2012, Milosz's deliberately unfinished novel is set in a dystopian future where hierarchy, patriarchy, and religion no longer exist. Echoing the structure of The Captive Mind and written in an experimental, postmodern style, Milosz's sole work of science fiction follows four individuals: Karel, a disaffected young rebel; Lino, an astronaut who abandons his life of privilege; Petro, a cardinal racked with doubt; and Ephraim, a potential prophet in exile. 410 0$aMargellos world republic of letters book. 606 $aAstronauts$vFiction 606 $aProphets$vFiction 606 $aDystopias in literature 615 0$aAstronauts 615 0$aProphets 615 00$aDystopias in literature. 676 $a891.8/5373 700 $aMilosz$b Czeslaw, $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0384443 701 $aBill$b Stanley$01244343 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910157410103321 996 $aThe Mountains of Parnassus$92886639 997 $aUNINA