Paris 1953 Literary Institute. Series: Library of "Culture", volume III. 13.5x21.5 cm, pp. 236, publisher's soft cover. Very good condition (slight soiling of the cover).
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.