Limite, confine, frontiera: il trauma della guerra in Granice świata di Kazimierz Wierzyński
Limits, borders, boundaries: the trauma of war in Kazimierz Wierzyński’s Granice świata
Author(s): Marina CiccariniSubject(s): History, Polish Literature, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), Politics of History/Memory, Politics and Identity
Published by: Associazione Italiana Polonisti (AIP)
Keywords: borders; boundaries; Granice świata; limits; trauma; Wierzyński;
Summary/Abstract: This article analyses the short story collection Granice świata (“The Limits of the World”) by Kazimierz Wierzyński. It emphasises two war narratives, namely The Patrol and Sentence of Death, in which the firstperson narrator (the author himself) experiences extreme events. Wierzyński’s characters commit terrible atrocities, and the writer describes their ruthless and unexpected reactions to highly distressing episodes.
Journal: pl.it – rassegna italiana di argomenti polacchi
- Issue Year: 2023
- Issue No: 14
- Page Range: 48-63
- Page Count: 16
- Language: Italian