A Desire for Pilch’s Life [re: K. Kubisiowska: Pilch w sensie ścisłym] Cover Image

Pociąg do życia Pilchowego
A Desire for Pilch’s Life [re: K. Kubisiowska: Pilch w sensie ścisłym]

Author(s): Katarzyna Szkaradnik
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Jerzy Pilch; biography; Katarzyna Kubisiowska

Summary/Abstract: The biography became a controversial book before it even began to appear in bookshops. The review, thus, discusses not only its content, composition and inconsistencies but also potential reasons for the negative response of the protagonist and some of his family. As it turns out, Katarzyna Kubisiowska’s book arouses controversies for several reasons: firstly, it seems to be written mainly to meet the market needs, and secondly, it concerns a person who is close to the author. Above all, however, the book shows the protagonist in a bed light without giving him an opportunity to speak for himself, which is even more poignant in the case of a writer who hides behind the masks of literature.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 1 (9)
  • Page Range: 301-312
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish