The Issa Valley - Czeslaw Milosz Fiction Between his ruthless new dealer

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she had an uncertain and unforgiving upbringing

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The Issa Valley - Czeslaw Milosz Fiction Between his ruthless new dealerAn idyll of immense charm a masterpiece' John Bayley, The New York Review of Books'Thomas was born in the village of Gine at that time of year when a ripe apple thumps to the ground during an afternoon lull.' So a boy's life begins in a winding river valley on the Polish Russian border where time is measured by seasonal rhythms and ancient songs. For Thomas, the ghosts in the forest are as real as the magical water snakes that live in the Issa; in the