Twentieth-century Polish literature is often said to be a "witness
to history," a narrative of the historical and political disasters
that visited the nation. In this insightful book, Jaroslaw Anders
examines Poland's modern poetry and fiction and explains that the
best Polish writing of the period 1918-1989 was much more than
testimony. Rather, it constantly transformed historical experience
into metaphysical reflection, a philosophical or religious
exploration of human existence. Anders analyzes and contextualizes
the work of nine modern Polish writers. These include the "three
madmen" of the interwar period-Schulz, Gombrowicz, and Witkiewicz,
whom he calls the fathers of Polish modernist prose; the great
poets of the war generation-Milosz, Herbert, and Szymborska;
Herling-Grudzinski and Konwicki, with their dark philosophical
subtexts; and the mystical-ecstatic poet Zagajewski. A collection
of essays representing Anders's thinking over several decades,
Between Fire and Sleep offers a fresh understanding of modern
Polish literature and cultural identity.
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