02473nam 2200541Ia 450 991046260370332120200520144314.01-283-95028-60-300-14566-7(CKB)2670000000330646(StDuBDS)AH24969536(SSID)ssj0000804809(PQKBManifestationID)11456945(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000804809(PQKBWorkID)10822285(PQKB)10230668(MiAaPQ)EBC3421110(Au-PeEL)EBL3421110(CaPaEBR)ebr10645465(CaONFJC)MIL426278(OCoLC)923601942(EXLCZ)99267000000033064620040622d2004 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrPolish memories[electronic resource] /Witold Gombrowicz ; translated by Bill JohnstonNew Haven Yale University Pressc20041 online resource (208 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-300-10410-3 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.Authors, Polish20th centuryBiographyElectronic books.Authors, Polish891.8/5/37BGombrowicz Witold257079Johnston Bill742929MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462603703321Polish memories1918411UNINA