The Issa Valley (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Czesław Miłosz
- First Published: 1955
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Bildungsroman
- Time of Work: 1904-1918
- Setting: Poland
- Genres: Long fiction, Bildungsroman
- Subjects: Class conflict, Politics, Nature, Rural or country life, 1910’s, Grandparents or grandchildren, Hunting or hunters, Poland or Polish people, Peasantry or peasants
- Locales: Poland
Characters Discussed
Thomas Dilbin, the shy, young narrator of his boyhood in a remote corner of Lithuania. An only child left by his parents to live with his grandparents, Thomas is lonely and consoles himself with the wonders of sky, river, and forest that surround him. His environment is a wondrous one in which pagan traditions still hold prominence under a Catholic surface. He soon realizes, however, that his heritage as a member of a Polish landowning family has set him apart from his own countrymen, zealous for the liberation of Lithuania and increasingly hostile to those...
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