Trans-Atlantyk

Trans-Atlantyk
Trans-Atlantyk
Yale University
Gombrowicz Witold
2014-04-01
192
127 x 195 mm
paperback

Published: 2014-04-01
Pages: 192
Paperback
Format: 127 x 195 mm

9780300175301
Out of Stock
79.00
Tax included
Lowest price in last 30 days : 79.00

 
Considered by many to be among the greatest writers of the past hundred years, Polish novelist Witold Gombrowicz explores the modern predicament of exile and displacement in a disintegrating world in his acclaimed classic Trans-Atlantyk. Gombrowicz's most personal novel-and arguably his most iconoclastic-Trans-Atlantyk is written in the style of a gaweda, a tale told by the fireside in a language that originated in the seventeenth century. It recounts the often farcical adventures of a penniless young writer stranded in Argentina when the Nazis invade his homeland, and his subsequent "adoption" by the Polish embassy staff and emigre community. Based loosely on Gombrowicz's own experiences as an expatriate, Trans-Atlantyk is steeped in humor and sharply pointed satire, interlaced with dark visions of war and its horrors, that entreats the individual and society in general to rise above the suffocating constraints of nationalistic, sexual, and patriotic mores. The novel's themes are universal and its execution ingenious-a masterwork of twentieth-century literary art from an author whom John Updike called "one of the profoundest of the late moderns."
Author
Gombrowicz Witold
Published
2014-04-01
Pages
192
Format
127 x 195 mm
Cover
paperback

Information about responsible entities

  • Manufacturer Yale University
    47 Bedford Square, London , WC1B 3DP , UK
    Email: customerservice@wwnorton.com
    Phone: 44-207-079-4900

16 other products in the same category:

Product added to compare.