Nieusłyszane pożegnanie. Nasze zwierzęta jako autonomizacja twórcza Anny Iwaszkiewiczowej
Unheard goodbye. Our Animals as a creative autonomization of Anna Iwaszkiewicz

Summary/Abstract: The article is dedicated to the analysis of Anna Iwaszkiewicz’s book titled Nasze zwierzęta (Our Animals) as a literary work that has been previously marginalised but has been proven to be important for the understanding of the writer’s literary activity. The key issue of the text is the depiction of its polemic dimension – both towards Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz’s oeuvre and the anthropocentric narrative about animals which was prevalent during the time of the book’s creation. The analysis highlights the importance of the book as a creative self-determination gesture of the author, whose short stories – that have been previously read as meant for children – hold a multilevel reflection on the topic of old age, transience and interspecies coexistence.

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