Ferdydurke
by Danuta Borchardt, Susan Sontag
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Author: Danuta Borchardt, Susan SontagBrand: Polish Books
Foreword: Witold Gombrowicz
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2000-08-11
ISBN: 0300082401
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Yale University Press
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- 281 pages
- SoftCover book
- Measures 5" x 7.75" x 0.8"
- English Language Version
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Book Review: A brilliant pre-postmodern work
Summary: 5 Stars
Having tolerated, in my college years, the English translation of the French translation of the original Polish novel, I must say that reading this new direct translation into English was a sublime experience. I highly recommend this book to my intellectual and therapist friends/colleagues alike, for it highlights the common struggle between maturity and immaturity. It defuses most of the usual interpretations by those who are hopelessly married to a single interpretive theory. It also should be required reading for those folks "into" Queer Studies, as Gombrowicz, in this novel, wrestles with his own (later documented) homosexuality. In brief, this is one of the great unsung 20th-century novels.
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