The Possessed

In The Possessed, Witold Gombrowicz, considered by many to be Poland’s greatest modernist, draws together the familiar tropes of the Gothic novel to produce a darkly funny and playful subversion of the form. With dreams of escaping his small-town existence and the limitations of his status, a young tennis coach travels to the heart of the Polish countryside where he is to train Maja Ochołowska, a beautiful and promising player whose bourgeois family has fallen upon difficult circumstances. But no sooner has he arrived than his relationship with his pupil develops into one of twisted love and hate, and he becomes embroiled in the fantastic happenings taking place at the dilapidated castle nearby. Haunted kitchens, bewitched towels, conniving secretaries and famous clairvoyants all conspire to determine the fate of the young lovers and the mad prince residing in the castle. Translated directly into English for the first time by Antonia Lloyd-Jones, The Possessed is a comic masterpiece that, despite being a literary pastiche, has all the hallmarks of Gombrowicz's typically provocative style.

General

Imprint:	Fitzcarraldo Editions
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2023
Authors:	Witold Gombrowicz
Translators:	Antonia Lloyd-Jones
Introduction by:	Adam Thirlwell
Dimensions:	197 x 121 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Pages:	304
ISBN-13:	978-1-80427-061-5
Subtitles:	Polish
Categories:	Books
LSN:	1-80427-061-X
Barcode:	9781804270615

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