Pornografia

Literature & Fiction

WITOLD GOMBROWICZ

Literary

GROVE PRESS

Diary (Vol 2)

Biographies & Memoirs

Quartet Books

Princess Ivona (Playscripts)

Dramas & Plays

Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd

Operetta; (Playscript)

Operetta

Possessed: The Secret of Myslotch

- John Updike called Gombrowicz "one of the profoundest late moderns" and Milan Kundera describes him as "one of the great novelists of our century"

Examines Gombrowicz’s modernist aesthetics in the context of his critique of nationalism, his exploration of queer eroticism, and his interest in hybrid and subaltern identities. This timely and much needed critical study is devoted to the writing of Witold Gombrowicz, one of the most important Slavic writers in the twentieth century. Written from a variety of theoretical perspectives, ranging from poststructuralism to queer theory and postcolonialism, this book examines the complexity of Gombrowicz’s texts in the context of the current reappraisals of the mixed legacies of modernism. By situating Gombrowicz’s work in relation to Eastern and Western European as well as Argentinean cultures, Gombrowicz’s Grimaces rethinks the significance of literary modernism in light of philosophical modernity, queer sexuality, subaltern identities, and limits of national culture. Starting with the considerations of Gombrowicz’s aesthetics and his philosophical interests, this book addresses the ways in which the experience of cultural displacement―Gombrowicz’s exile in Argentina and France―informs his literary career, and ends with a discussion of the cultural implications of Gombrowicz’s philosophy of form for his critique of nationalism and the explorations of queer eroticism.

Gombrowicz's Grimaces: Modernism, Gender, Nationality

Leaders & Notable People

State University of New York Press

Here are two major works by the famed Polish novelist and dramatist Witold Gombrowicz. The first, Cosmos, a metaphysical thriller, revolves around an absurd investigation. It is set in provincial Poland and narrated by a seedy, pathetic, and witty student, who is charming and appalling by turns, and whose voice is dense with the richly palpable description that characterizes Gombrowicz's writing. The second, Pornografia, explores the sinister effect the young can have on the old. To serve their own secret eroticism, two aging intellectuals encourage a young couple to commit murder. Although the adolescents are the weapons used to commit the crime, the four become conspirators before the deed is done.

Cosmos and Pornografia: Two Novels

Contemporary

The Possessed

Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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