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Polish memories /Witold Gombrowicz ; translated by Bill Johnston.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Polish Publication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, (c)2004.Description: 1 online resource (191 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780300145663
  • 9781283950282
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PG7158 .P655 2004
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
Polish Memories -- May 30, 1960 -- July 4, 1960 -- September 12, 1960 -- October 27, 1960 -- November 28, 1960 -- February 2, 1961 -- February 6, 1961 -- February 27, 1961 -- March 27, 1961 -- April 27, 1961 -- May 29, 1961 -- June 23, 1961 -- August 30, 1961
Summary: 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.
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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE Non-fiction PG7158.6692 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available ocn824698948

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover -- Polish Memories -- May 30, 1960 -- July 4, 1960 -- September 12, 1960 -- October 27, 1960 -- November 28, 1960 -- February 2, 1961 -- February 6, 1961 -- February 27, 1961 -- March 27, 1961 -- April 27, 1961 -- May 29, 1961 -- June 23, 1961 -- August 30, 1961

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.

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