The Issa Valley
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The Issa Valley is a semi-autobiographical novel by Czesław Miłosz that evokes his Lithuanian childhood through lyrical, nostalgic depictions of rural life and memory.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Issa Valley canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Czesław Miłosz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNobelYear | 1980 ⓘ |
| authorReceived | Nobel Prize in Literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Czesław Miłosz's childhood ⓘ |
| containsElement |
autobiographical reflection
ⓘ
historical background ⓘ philosophical meditation ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Poland ⓘ |
| criticalReception | highly regarded in Polish literature ⓘ |
| depicts |
Lithuanian countryside
ⓘ
interwar period in Eastern Europe ⓘ rural Lithuanian gentry ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
formation of personal identity
ⓘ
relationship between humans and nature ⓘ vanishing world of rural nobility ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasStructure | episodic narrative ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | English ⓘ |
| literaryGenre |
autobiographical fiction
ⓘ
coming-of-age fiction ⓘ lyrical prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | 20th-century Polish literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacterType | young boy ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor |
evocative descriptions of landscape
ⓘ
lyrical style ⓘ reflection on time and memory ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Polish ⓘ |
| publisherOfEnglishEdition | Farrar, Straus and Giroux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWorkOfAuthor |
Native Realm
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Captive Mind NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Lithuania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingRegion | Issa Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
childhood
ⓘ
history ⓘ identity ⓘ loss ⓘ memory ⓘ nature ⓘ nostalgia ⓘ rural life ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted |
early 20th century
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pre-World War I era ⓘ |
| translatedBy | Louis Iribarne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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