| Polish Memories Contributor(s): Johnston, Bill (Author), Gombrowicz, Witold (Author), Johnston, Bill (Translator) |
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ISBN: 030018445X ISBN-13: 9780300184457 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $29.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Literary Criticism | European - General |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 5" W x 8" (0.48 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Although Witold Gombrowicz's unique, idiosyncratic writings include a three-volume Diary, this voluminous document offers few facts about his early life in Poland before his books were banned there and he went into voluntary exile. Polish Memories--a series of autobiographical sketches Gombrowicz composed for Radio Free Europe during his years in Argentina in the late 1950s--fills the gap in our knowledge. Written in a straightforward way without his famous linguistic inventions, the book presents an engaging account of Gombrowicz's childhood, youth, literary beginnings, and fellow writers in interwar Poland and reveals how these experiences and individuals shaped his seemingly outlandish concepts about the self, culture, art, and society. In addition, the book helps readers understand the numerous autobiographical allusions in his fiction and brings a new level of understanding and appreciation to his life and work. |