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“witold gombrowicz”

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  • Cosmos

    A Novel

    by Witold Gombrowicz ...
    A "creatively captivating and intellectually challenging" existential mystery from the great Polish author—"sly, funny, and . . . lovingly translated" ( The New York Times).Winner of the 1967 International Prize for LiteratureMilan Kundera called Witold Gombrowicz "one of the great novelists of our century." Now his most famous novel, Cosmos, is available in a critically acclaimed translation by ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Possessed

    by Witold Gombrowicz ...
    Translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones ...
    From “a master of verbal burlesque [and] a connoisseur of psychological blackmail” (John Updike), Witold Gombrowicz’s harrowing and hilarious pastiche of the Gothic novel, now in a new, authoritative English translationWitold Gombrowicz is considered by many to be Poland’s greatest modernist, and in The Possessed, he demonstrates his playful brilliance and astonishing range by using the familiar ... Read more

    $12.29 USD

  • A Guide to Philosophy in Six Hours and Fifteen Minutes

    by Witold Gombrowicz, Benjamin Ivry ...
    Witold Gombrowicz (1904-1969), novelist, essayist, and playwright, was one of the most important Polish writers of the twentieth century. A candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1968, he was described by Milan Kundera as “one of the great novelists of our century” and by John Updike as “one of the profoundest of the late moderns.”Gombrowicz’s works were considered scandalous and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Bacacay

    by Witold Gombrowicz ...
    Translated by Bill Johnston ...
    A balloonist finds himself set upon by erotic lepers…a passenger on a ship notices a human eye on the deck…a group of aristocrats enjoy a vegetarian dish made from human flesh…a virginal young girl gnaws raw meat from a bone…a notorious ruffian is terrorized by a rat. Welcome to the bizarre universe of Witold Gombrowicz, whose legendary short story collection is presented here for the first time ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Diary

    by Witold Gombrowicz, Lillian Vallee ...
    Just before the outbreak of World War II, young Witold Gombrowicz left his home in Poland and set sail for South America. In 1953, still living as an expatriate in Argentina, he began his Diary with one of literature's most memorable openings:"MondayMe.TuesdayMe.WednesdayMe.ThursdayMe."Gombrowicz's Diary grew to become a vast collection of essays, short notes, polemics, and confessions on myriad ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Pornografia

    A Novel

    by Witold Gombrowicz ...
    Translated by Danuta Borchardt ...
    The place is Poland, in the early years of the German occupation. Pornografia's narrator, an author named Witold Gombrowicz, meets a swarthy and overly formal man named Fyderyk at a Warsaw house party, and the two soon become engaged in a business of a dubious (if not downright criminal) nature. When an acquaintance of theirs, a corpulent provincial landowner named Hipolit, requests that they come ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

  • Trans-Atlantyk

    by Witold Gombrowicz ...
    Translated by Professor Carolyn French, Nina Karsov ...

    $16.99 USD

  • Polish Memories

    by Witold Gombrowicz ...
    Translated by Bill Johnston ...
    Although Witold Gombrowicz’s unique, idiosyncratic writings include a three-volume Diary, this voluminous document offers few facts about his early life in Poland before his books were banned there and he went into voluntary exile. Polish Memories-a series of autobiographical sketches Gombrowicz composed for Radio Free Europe during his years in Argentina in the late 1950s-fills the gap in our ... Read more

    $21.39 USD

  • Diary

    by Witold Gombrowicz, Lillian Vallee ...
    Just before the outbreak of World War II, young Witold Gombrowicz left his home in Poland and set sail for South America. In 1953, still living as an expatriate in Argentina, he began his Diary with one of literature's most memorable openings:"MondayMe.TuesdayMe.WednesdayMe.ThursdayMe."Gombrowicz's Diary grew to become a vast collection of essays, short notes, polemics, and confessions on myriad ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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