In this bitterly funny novel by the renowned Polish author Witold Gombrowicz, a writer finds himself tossed into a chaotic world of schoolboys by a diabolical professor who wishes to reduce him to childishness. Originally published in Poland in 1937, Ferdydurke became an instant literary sensation and catapulted the young author to fame. Deemed scandalous and subversive by Nazis, Stalinists, and the Polish Communist regime in turn, the novel (as well as all of Gombrowicz's other works) was officially banned in Poland for decades. It has nonetheless remained one of the most influential works of twentieth-century European literature. Ferdydurke is translated here directly from the Polish for the first time. Danuta Borchardt deftly captures Gombrowicz's playful and idiosyncratic style, and she allows English speakers to experience fully the masterpiece of a writer whom Milan Kundera...
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2017-06-24
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Jag r ganska sker p att jag aldrig har lst ngot av en polsk frfattare, drfr passade det utmrkt att ta med denna p en resa som skulle passera Polen. Den lockade ocks fr att ord som absurd, drift med mnsklighetens Stora Omogenhet och humor nmndes i samband med den. Det lt ju vldigt lovande. Ls mer p min blogg
2015-07-24
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Knpp och hrligt befriande emellant, lngdragen och ondigt broderande utan sammanhang i andra fall. Slutar som sig br, abrupt och med en inandning.
