124 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

124 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

124 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book is a short introduction to Witold Gombrowicz’s life and work as one of the most prominent figures in twentieth-century literature and theater, providing intertextual perspectives that allow readers to analyze his short stories, plays, and novels in broad contexts. Gombrowicz (1904–1969) was a writer and philosopher whose experimental literary works belong to the stream of European... Read more

1. Introduction  2. Violence  3. Eroticism  4. Self  5. Intersubjectivity  6. Being and Nothingness  7. Epilogue

Biography

Aleksandra Konarzewska works in the Institute of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Tübingen, Germany. She is a literary scholar and historian of ideas of Eastern and Central Europe.

"Konarzewska succeeds in interpreting the most famous texts of Gombrowicz and, by linking them with European cultural history, lifting the mask of this literary chameleon and his hidden gay life. A good read for anyone who enjoys the subversion of the national and has a penchant for the grotesque."

Alexander Woell, Chair of Culture and Literature of Central and Eastern Europe, University of Potsdam, Germany