
Insatiability
Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz(Author)
Northwestern University Press
Published on 30. September 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
534 pages
978-0-8101-1134-9 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
"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 GombrowiczMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Evanston
United States
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 165 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
748 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8101-1134-9 (9780810111349)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
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.
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.
Content
Part One: The Awakening
The Awakening
Soiree at the Princess di Ticonderoga's
A Visit with Tenzer
A Visit to Prince Basil's Retreat
Sexphyxiation
The Return, or Life and Death
Demonism
Domestic Affairs and Destiny
Part Two: Insanity
School
A Meeting and Its Consequences
A Repeat Performance
A Commander's Thoughts and the Little Theater of Quintofron Crepuscolo
Torchures and the Debut of the "Gent from Below"
A Battle and Its Consequences
The Final Metamorphosis
The Wedding Night
The Last Convulsion
Notes
The Awakening
Soiree at the Princess di Ticonderoga's
A Visit with Tenzer
A Visit to Prince Basil's Retreat
Sexphyxiation
The Return, or Life and Death
Demonism
Domestic Affairs and Destiny
Part Two: Insanity
School
A Meeting and Its Consequences
A Repeat Performance
A Commander's Thoughts and the Little Theater of Quintofron Crepuscolo
Torchures and the Debut of the "Gent from Below"
A Battle and Its Consequences
The Final Metamorphosis
The Wedding Night
The Last Convulsion
Notes