Insatiability

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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Beskrivning

This novel, the author's masterpiece, is one of the greatest expressions ever of the tortured intersection of political and personal destinies in Eastern Europe. Futuristic, experimental, and remarkably prophetic, Insatiability traces the adventures of a young Pole whose fate parallels the collapse of Western civilization following a Chinese communist invasion from the east. Written in 1927, Witkiewicz's anti-Utopian novel proved to be a horribly prescient vision of what would become reality for Eastern Europe in the late 1930s.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-09-30
Mått:152 x 229 x 33 mm
Vikt:749 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:534
Förlag:Northwestern University Press
ISBN:9780810111349
Översättare:Louis Iribarne

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Mer om författaren

Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885-1939) was a Polish novelist, poet, and playwright.Louis Iribarne is a professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Toronto. He has translated several works by Polish writers such as Gombrowicz, Milosz, and Schulz.

Recensioner i media

"Magnificent." --Susan Sontag|"There were three of us; Witkiewicz, Bruno Schulz, and myself--the three muskateers of the Polish avant-garde between the wars. Only Witkiewicz remains to be discovered." --Witold Gombrowicz

Innehållsförteckning

Part One: The AwakeningThe AwakeningSoirée at the Princess di Ticonderoga's A Visit with TenzerA Visit to Prince Basil's RetreatSexphyxiationThe Return, or Life and DeathDemonismDomestic Affairs and DestinyPart Two: InsanitySchoolA Meeting and Its ConsequencesA Repeat PerformanceA Commander's Thoughts and the Little Theater of Quintofron CrepuscoloTorchures and the Debut of the "Gent from Below"A Battle and Its ConsequencesThe Final MetamorphosisThe Wedding NightThe Last ConvulsionNotes