Gustaw Herling-Grudziński i legenda o krwi, czyli czy istnieje obowiązek bycia pisarzem żydowskim
Gustaw Herling-Grudziński and the blood libel, or is being a Jewish writer compulsory

Summary/Abstract: The article concerns Gustaw Herling-Grudziński’s medieval stories which explore the theme of blood libel. Despite Grudziński’s self-declared sympathy for the libel’s Jewish victims, his treatment of the theme is selective and only reflects the Christian perspective. The author then considers possible reasons for such deformation of Grudziński’s perception of the stories, locating them in oppression from the nation state, which denies a writer of Jewish origin the right to be at the same time a Polish writer.

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