Cosmos - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Witold Gombrowicz, Danuta BorchardtPublish date:2011-11-15Pages:208
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Grove PressISBN-13:9780802145628ISBN-10:802145620UPC:9780802145628Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:LiterarySize:8.25 x 5.58 x 0.57 inchesWeight:0.42Product ID:SCDN8Z7F6S
Milan Kundera called Witold Gombrowicz "one of the great novelists of our century." His most famous novel, Cosmos, the recipient of the 1967 International Prize for Literature, is now available in a critically acclaimed translation, for the first time directly from the Polish, by the award-winning translator Danuta Borchardt. Cosmos is a metaphysical noir thriller narrated by Witold, a seedy, pathetic, and witty student, who is charming and appalling by turns. On his way to a relaxing vacation he meets the despondent Fuks. As they set off together for a family-run pension in the Carpathian Mountains they discover a dead bird hanging from a string. Is this a strange but meaningless occurrence or is it the beginning of a string of bizarre events? As the young men become embroiled in the Chekhovian travails of the family running the pension, Grombrowicz creates a gripping narrative where the reader questions who is sane and who is safe?
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Grove PressISBN-13:9780802145628ISBN-10:802145620UPC:9780802145628Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:LiterarySize:8.25 x 5.58 x 0.57 inchesWeight:0.42Product ID:SCDN8Z7F6S
The renowned Polish author, Witold Gombrowicz (1904-1969) lived, virtually unknown, in Argentina, writing novels, stories, and plays for twenty-five years before taking up residence in France. He wrote four novels, Trans-Atlantyk, Cosmos, Pornografia, and Ferdydurke, which, together with his plays and his three-volume Diary, have been translated into more than thirty languages.
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