{"product_id":"pan-tadeusz-the-last-foray-in-lithuania-paperback-1","title":"Pan Tadeusz: The Last Foray in Lithuania - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAdam Mickiewicz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBill Johnston\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The national epic of Poland and touchstone of modern European literature, now in a fresh translation by award-winning translator Bill Johnston. A towering achievement in European literature, Pan Tadeusz is the central work of the Polish literary canon, heralded for its lovingly detailed recreation of a bygone world. The traditions of the Polish gentry and the social and natural landscape of the Lithuanian countryside are captured in verse of astounding beauty, simplicity, and power. Bill Johnston's translation of this seminal text allows English-language readers to experience the richness, humor, and narrative energy of the original\"--\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdam Mickiewicz (1798 - 1855) was a Polish poet, dramatist, essayist, activist, and professor. He is regarded as a national poet in Poland, Lithuania, and Belarus. Born into Russian-occupied Lithuania, Mickiewicz was active in the struggle to win independence. He lived most of his life in exile in western Europe where he wrote freely of the occupation and taught Slavic literature. He died in Constantinople, where he had gone to help organize forces to fight against the Russians in the Crimean War. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the translator: \u003c\/b\u003e Bill Johnston is a professor of Comparative Literature at Indiana University. His translations include Witold Gombrowicz's \u003ci\u003eBacacay;\u003c\/i\u003e Magdalena Tulli's \u003ci\u003eDreams and Stones\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMoving Parts\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFlaw, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIn Red\u003c\/i\u003e; Jerzy Pilch's \u003ci\u003eHis Current Woman\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Mighty Angel\u003c\/i\u003e; Stefan Żeromski's \u003ci\u003eThe Faithful River\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eFado\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDukla\u003c\/i\u003e by Andrzej Stasiuk. In 1999 he received a National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Fellowship for Translation. In 2008 he won the inaugural Found in Translation Award for Tadeusz Rozewicz's \u003ci\u003enew poems\u003c\/i\u003e, and in 2012 he was awarded the PEN Translation Prize and Three Percent's Best Translated Book Award for Myśliwski's \u003ci\u003eStone Upon Stone\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 496\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 7.3 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 25, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47294618468601,"sku":"9781939810007","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/AxikmsLXP_9781939810007_35e309b5-8741-4de0-9287-0147211eaeef.webp?v=1769191827","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/pan-tadeusz-the-last-foray-in-lithuania-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}