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Amerykańska percepcja twórczości Tadeusza Konwickiego
On American Perception of Konwicki’s Novels

Author(s): Roman Sabo
Subject(s): Polish Literature, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Theory of Literature, American Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: American perception; Philip Roth; John Updike; the series “Writers from the Other Europe”;

Summary/Abstract: Due to dedicated efforts of the eminent American novelist Philip Roth, several novels from behind the Iron Curtain were published in the USA in the series “Writers from the Other Europe”. Starting in 1974, during the following 15 years, the novels of Andrzejewski, Borowski, Gombrowicz, Schulz and Konwicki were published by Penguin. This article concentrates on the American reception of Konwicki’s novels.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 1 (15)
  • Page Range: 1-5
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Polish