Name: ferdydurke
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Author: Gombrowicz, Witold ; Borchardt, Danuta
ISBN: 9780300181678

Type

Physical Book

Author

Witold Gombrowicz

Translated by

Danuta Borchardt

Publisher

Yale University Press

Language

English

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19.6 x 12.9 x 2.1 cm

Weight

0.32 kg.

ISBN

0300181671

ISBN13

9780300181678

Synopsis "ferdydurke"

In this bitterly funny novel by the renowned Polish author Witold Gombrowicz, a writer finds himself tossed into a chaotic world of schoolboys by a diabolical professor who wishes to reduce him to childishness. Originally published in Poland in 1937, Ferdydurke became an instant literary sensation and catapulted the young author to fame. Deemed scandalous and subversive by Nazis, Stalinists, and the Polish Communist regime in turn, the novel (as well as all of Gombrowicz's other works) was officially banned in Poland for decades. It has nonetheless remained one of the most influential works of twentieth-century European literature.Ferdydurke is translated here directly from the Polish for the first time. Danuta Borchardt deftly captures Gombrowicz's playful and idiosyncratic style, and she allows English speakers to experience fully the masterpiece of a writer whom Milan Kundera describes as "one of the great novelists of our century."

Witold Gombrowicz

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Witold Gombrowicz (Małoszyce, August 4, 1904 — Vence, July 24, 1969) was a Polish novelist and playwright, nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four consecutive times (1966—1969). He lived for 24 years in Argentina, which he considered his second homeland.

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