On the Road. Donikąd (To Nowhere) by Michał Milczarek Cover Image

W drodze. "Donikąd" Michała Milczarka
On the Road. Donikąd (To Nowhere) by Michał Milczarek

Author(s): Anna Skotnicka
Subject(s): Existentialism, Theory of Literature
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Rusycytyczne
Keywords: Michał Milczarek; essays; phantasm; Martin Heidegger; existentialism; the hiddenness of being; Nothing;

Summary/Abstract: The article is dedicated to the book Donikąd (To Nowhere. Journey to the Edge of Russia, 2019) by Polish philosopher, philologist, and traveler Michał Milczarek. The author of the article pays attention to the narrator’s image, the motif of a road, and the term “nowhere”. The author argues that the writer’s perception is rooted in the child’s phantasmatization (phantasm) and philosophical concepts of existentialism, most importantly Martin Heidegger’s ideas of “the hiddenness of being” and nothingness.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 184
  • Page Range: 42-63
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Polish