Rudolf Translated Edition Contributor(s): Pankowski, Marian (Author), Maslen, Elizabeth (Translator), Maslen, John (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0810114186 ISBN-13: 9780810114180 Publisher: Northwestern University Press OUR PRICE: $17.82 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1996 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 96-9840 |
Series: Writings from an Unbound Europe |
Physical Information: 0.39" H x 4.76" W x 7.99" (0.28 lbs) 110 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Gay |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This novel, set in the 1970s, tells the story of the author, a middle-aged Polish professor who lives abroad but who earlier survived the Nazi concentration camps, and Rudolf, an old man. Told in stream of consciousness as well as through a triangular correspondence among Rudolf, the author, and the author's mother, the story emerges as a tale of subversion and liberation that echoes Gombrowicz in its exploration of transgressive desire. It will be of great interest to those interested in Polish literature and to readers of gay and lesbian literature. |