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| Original Title: | Pornografia |
| ISBN: | 0714529885 (ISBN13: 9780714529882) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Witold Gombrowicz
Paperback | Pages: 176 pages Rating: 3.93 | 2388 Users | 155 Reviews
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Gombrowicz's strange, bracing final novel probes the divide between young and old while providing a grotesque evocation of obsession. While recuperating from wartime Warsaw in the Polish countryside, the unnamed narrator and his friend, Fryderyk, attempt to force amour between two local youths, Karol and Henia, as a kind of a lewd entertainment. They become increasingly frustrated as they discover that the two have no interest in one another, and the games are momentarily stopped by a local murder and a directive to assassinate a rogue member of the Polish resistance. Gombrowicz connects these threads magnificently in a tense climax that imbues his novel with a deep sense of the absurd and multiplies its complexity. Gombrowicz is a relentless psychoanalyzer and a consummate stylist; his prose is precise and forceful, and the narrator's strained attempts to elucidate why he takes such pleasure at soiling youth creepily evoke authentic pride and disgust. Borchardt's translation (the first into English from the original Polish) is a model of consistency, maintaining a manic tone as it navigates between lengthy, comma-spliced sentences and sharp, declarative thrusts. - Publishers Weekly
Details Appertaining To Books Pornografia
| Title | : | Pornografia |
| Author | : | Witold Gombrowicz |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 176 pages |
| Published | : | November 1994 by Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd (first published 1960) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. European Literature. Polish Literature. Cultural. Poland. Novels. Literature |
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Ratings: 3.93 From 2388 Users | 155 ReviewsCriticism Appertaining To Books Pornografia
. Pornografia ( much like Cosmos) the drawing of constellations, an elevation of the mundane into things thrilling and intense - a distrust of the world as prescribed, and so dug at or another view thrown upon and filtered, two thighs and a lantern! O yes, of course. Of course!...so much (depends (one day I will tell you why I write in these parenthesis(sic))) is accomplished with the way grammar is used, much like Sterne, the marks, dashes - ...! and etc...seem to scream and you can hear the3.5 stars...I think? I have to let this one settle a bit more.
My comments with additional linksThe summary from the Publishers Weekly review (taken from Bacacay: The Polish Literature Weblog): While recuperating from wartime Warsaw in the Polish countryside, the unnamed narrator and his friend, Fryderyk, attempt to force amour between two local youths, Karol and Henia, as a kind of a lewd entertainment. They become increasingly frustrated as they discover that the two have no interest in one another, and the games are momentarily stopped by a local murder
I will have to read it several more times to fully appreciate the form and the thought behind this story. The novel sparkles with tension and is full of tiny details which grow to great sizes and swell up with hidden meanings. The author had an eagle eye surely because he managed to describe in detail the most vague and mysterious of human behaviours.
I really did not get the fuss about the book. Although some reviews claim that it grasps people's psychology well, I think that it a bit of the opposite - the narrator and his "friend" obviously have deep mental health issues. They overthink, overexplain and extradimenstionally misinterpret every action, every word and every tiny glance of the kids into something very psychologically mature and sophisticated. Therefore, I think this book is overrated in many ways. What I can kind of give it to
Gombrowicz is a unique writer, very difficult to translate into English. This book was translated by a winner of the Polish government's "Found in Translation" award, which she won partly on the basis of this translation. What I find interesting about Gombrowicz is that his two biggest insights into human nature--that even as adults we all feel immature and that people's personalities change depending on whom they interact with--are turned by him into very interesting and provocative novels and
dnf 91. Sigh.
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