The Seizure of Power (Masterplots II: World Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Czesław Miłosz
- First Published: 1953
- Type of Work: Political
- Time of Work: From 1944 to 1950
- Setting: Warsaw and other sites in Poland
- Principal Characters: Peter Kwinto, Wolin, Professor Gil, Major Baruga, Stefan Cisovski (Seal), Michael Kamienski, Julian Halpern, Josiah Winter
- Genres: Long fiction, Political fiction
- Subjects: 1950’s, Communism or communists, 1940’s, World War II, Anti-Semitism, Nazism or Nazis, Germany or German people, Poland or Polish people
- Locales: Warsaw, Poland
The Novel
The events depicted in Czesław Miłosz’s two-part political novel The Seizure of Power take place in Poland during the final ten months of World War II and the first five years of the postwar era. Miłosz tells the story of this turbulent period though a series of interconnected sketches that involve a score of characters drawn from diverse elements of society. To some extent, The Seizure of Power is a roman a clef, and readers who are well versed in the circumstances in Poland during the Stalinist era will be able to match many of the...
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