To Begin Where I Am

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by  MIlosz Czeslaw

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FARRARS,T RAUSA ND GIROUX
OTHER WORKS IN EN GLISH BY CZESLAW MILOSZ
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A Booko fL uminousT hings:
An InternatiAonntahlo loogfyP oetry
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TheL andof mro
MilosAzB'Cs' s
NativRee alm
Nobel Lecture
PostwPaorl ish PAone tArnyt:h ology
Provinces
Road-siDdoeg
TheS eizuorfPe o wer
TheS eparate Notebooks
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A Yeaorf t heH unter
T O B E G IN
WH E R E
I AM
CZESLAW MIL OSZ
T 0 B E G I N
WHERE
I A M
SLEEECSYSTASE D
EDITED AND WITH AN INTR ODU CTION BY
BOGDANA CAR PENTER AND MADELINE G. LEVINE
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CON TENT S
Intrdouction
Vll
MyI ntention I
PART ONE THESE GUESTS
OF MINE
WhoW aIs? 7
NoteosnE xile IJ
Hapipness 20
Dictyio ofWn ialrnSot ertes 27
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MisAsn naan Mdi sDso ra
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Jourynt eot hWee st 57
OnO scMairl osz 77
ThPer ioress 85
BrognAa Srtyt:oT roldo vaeDr r ink
AlpthhaMe or laist
Tgier
ZygmuHnetr tz
Piyt
vi Co ntents
PART TW O: ON THE SIDE
0 F MAN
LetttJoeer rz Ayn drjzeewis k
SpeakinaMg a mofm al 202
FacinTogo Lgaear nE xapnse 218
ReliagniSdopa nc e 221
Carmel
ToR onbsioJif.fne rs 233
Esys aiWhni ch AtuhtehC oorrif esses
ThatHe I so nt hSei dofeM a n,ofrL acofk
AnythBientgt er 235
ThIem oprtaofn cSei mWeoinle 246
Shesotrto hvPe,ur yi tDofe spair 260
Dostsokeyv 281
A Phliosopher 284
Saligia 278
If Onyl ThiCso uBleSd a id JI4
Why Religion? ]29
PART THREE : AG AINST
INC OM PREHENSIBLE POETRY
Rememanbcrofe aC ertLaoivne 333
AS emi-PLreitvAtabetorePu otey t r 373
RuiannsPd o eyt r 352
AnuMsun di 371
AgaiInncsotm ephrenPsoiebytl re 373
RfleectioonTn SsE. liot 388
RobeFrrots t 399
OnP asteSrnobareykl 4°4
NoteAsb oBurto yd sk 421
PART F OUR: IN CONSTANT
AM AZE MENT
Frmo "oNtebook" 433
Notes 441
Index 455
INTRO DU CTION
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