Resztki, odpady i śmieci w eseju „Pudło ojca. Historia o dziedziczeniu” Lukasa Bärfussa
Remains, Waste and Rubbish in the Essay „Father’s Box. A Story about Inheriting” by Lukas Bärfuss

Summary/Abstract: The article is an analysis of the essay Father’s Box by Lukas Barfuss, today considered one of the most important and productive contemporary Swiss authors. A private history relating to his deceased homeless and indebted father is combined with reflections on sociology, economics, law and language. The paper answers the question of how the topics of remains, waste and rubbish, taken both literally and figuratively, function in the examined work. Particularly important in this context are the practices of tangible and intangible waste creation and removal, de- and re-evaluation of things and people from the perspective of the system and order deemed redundant and potentially harmful, and the consequences of these actions.

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