The Issa Valley

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 village he is entranced by the women with their cinched waists and the men in their long boots. But when he is shown a map, he discovers a kingdom all his own and starts to dream of leaving the valley behind.>

Product details

• Authors: Czeslaw Milosz
• Assisted by: Iribane Louis (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 14.05.2026
• EAN: 9780241773925
• ISBN: 978-0-241-77392-5
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 35 mm
• Series: Penguin Modern Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Coming of Age, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Poland, Fiction in translation, FICTION / Small Town & Rural, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Narrative theme: Sense of place, FICTION / World Literature / Poland, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Biographical fiction / autobiographical fiction