How did I get to know the Palace of Culture, or considerations on Tadeusz Konwicki’s creativity (1926–2015) Cover Image

Jak poznałem Pałac Kultury albo mała refleksja nad twórczością Tadeusza Konwickiego (1926–2015)
How did I get to know the Palace of Culture, or considerations on Tadeusz Konwicki’s creativity (1926–2015)

Author(s): Peter Káša
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Tadeusz Konwicki; Warsaw; Polish literature of the 20th century

Summary/Abstract: The author presents the stories of Central European intellectuals under a communist regime. He interprets one of the greatest novels written by Tadeusz Konwicki, "Mała apokalipsa". He concentrates on the portrayal of both grotesque and anti-Communist gestures, a topos of the Communist Warsaw and its strange characters.

  • Issue Year: 15/2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 73-80
  • Page Count: 8