A Kind of Testament
Published on 1. September 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
173 pages
978-1-56478-476-6 (ISBN)
Description
A Kind of Testament is part autobiography and part justification of the life's work of one of Poland's most important novelists and playwrights. Written in France in 1968, this personal testimony is more than just a life history or a critique of his work. A Kind of Testament stands as a testament to how Gombrowicz came to be the person and writer that he was and overlap between the two.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Normal, IL
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 205 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
200 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-56478-476-6 (9781564784766)
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Persons
Witold Gombrowicz is the single most important Polish prose writer of the 20th century. He is best known for his novels Ferdydurke(1937), Pornografia(1960) and Cosmos(1966) and his plays Princess Ivona(1935) and The Marriage(1953). Gombrowicz left Poland in 1939, lived in Argentina for over 20 years, and died in France. In 1967, he was awarded the Prix Formentor. This is Bacacay's first English language publication.