MILLOSZ Czeslaw - The Captive Mind [first edition Paris 1953].

Paris 1953 Literary Institute. Library of Culture vol. 3. 13.5x22 cm, pp. 236, hard cloth binding, unsigned binding by Jerzy Budnik. Very good condition (ownership entry on title page).

First edition. A collection of essays written by Milosz in 1951 and first published by Giedroyc. A book devoted to the role and situation of intellectuals behind the Iron Curtain, written immediately after the decision to emigrate. It was the cause of a huge number of polemics and disputes about communism. Hidden under pseudonyms are writers, once friends of the author: Alpha - Jerzy Andrzejewski, Beta - Tadeusz Borowski, Gamma - Jerzy Putrament, Delta - Konstanty Ildefons Galczynski. A must-read!