Issues of the Polish-Belarusian borderland: the novel “Sonka” by Ignacy Karpowicz Cover Image

Да праблематыкi польска-беларускага памежжа: аповесць “Сонька” Iгнацыя Карповiча
Issues of the Polish-Belarusian borderland: the novel “Sonka” by Ignacy Karpowicz

Author(s): Anna Sakovič
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Studies of Literature, Novel, Polish Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: Polish-Belarusian borderline; love; World War II; childhood; identity

Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes the novel “Sonka” written by Ignacy Karpowicz. The love story of the title character to a German soldier during World War II shows the reality of village life on the northeastern border of Poland. In his novel I. Karpowicz presents region specific history, culture, religion and language. The author sadly concludes that the world described in the book disappears for good from the landscape of Podlasie, which is the result of various problems such as assimilation.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 8
  • Page Range: 175-189
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Belarusian