TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gombrowicz,Witold
AU  - Johnston,Bill
TI  - Polish memories /Witold Gombrowicz ; translated by Bill Johnston
SN  - 9780300145663
AV  - PG7158 .P655 2004
PY  - 2004///
CY  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - Gombrowicz, Witold.
KW  - Authors, Polish
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Biography
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 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; 2; b
N2  - 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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