The Memoir of an Anti-Hero by Kornel Filipowicz (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Memoir of an Anti-Hero by Kornel Filipowicz A powerful and disturbing Polish wartime novella, in an award-winning translationThe Second World War. Poland. Our narrator has no intention of being a hero. He plans to survive this war, whatever it takes.Meticulously he recounts his experiences- the slow unravelling of national events as well as uncomfortable personal encounters on the street, in the cafe, at the office, in his love affairs. He is intimate but reserved; conversational but careful; reflective but determined. As he becomes increasingly and chillingly alienated from other people, the reader is drawn into complicit acquiescence. We are forced to consider what it means to be heroic and how we ourselves would behave in the same circumstances.Written in 1961, this is the masterpiece of one of the great Polish writers of the 20th century. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Kornel Filipowicz (1913-1990) was a Polish novelist, poet and screenwriter. He studied biology in Krakow and lived in that city for most of his life. His first book of poetry, an edition of ten copies, came out in 1943, and established him as a leading figure in the Polish avant-garde. During the war he was arrested and imprisoned in the Gross-Rosen and Sachsenhausen concentration camps. In later years he became a close friend of the poet and Nobel Laureate Wislawa Szymborska, with whom he exchanged thousands of letters. The first of these he sent in April 1966, enclosing photographs of monkeys from Krakow Zoo.Anna Zaranko is a translator from the Polish, Russian and French. She lives in Jesmond Vale. Review provocative, troubling, awkward . . . a proper classic * The Sunday Times * Promotional The first English translation of a powerful and disturbing Polish wartime novella. Review Text provocative, troubling, awkward . . . a proper classic Review Quote provocative, troubling, awkward . . . a proper classic-- The Sunday Times Promotional "Headline" A powerful and disturbing Polish wartime novella, in an award-winning translation Details ISBN024135160X Author Kornel Filipowicz Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Language English Year 2020 ISBN-10 024135160X ISBN-13 9780241351604 Publication Date 2020-10-01 Format Paperback DEWEY 891.8537 Series Penguin Modern Classics Pages 80 UK Release Date 2020-10-01 Imprint Penguin Classics Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Translated from Polish Alternative 9780241351611 Audience General NZ Release Date 2020-11-30 AU Release Date 2020-11-30 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:129970187;

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