Paris 1957. literary institute. library of culture volume XIX. 13.5x21.5 cm, pp. 42, publisher's softcover. Good condition (uncut pages, small tear on the spine, minor soiling of the cover).
First edition. One of the most important volumes published after the war by Milosz. Professor Aleksander Fiut wrote about this book in the Tygodnik Powszechny as follows:"The poetic treatise posed a diagnosis of Polish poetry, supported by an assessment of the history of European civilization, viewed from the perspective of the experience of World War II."