Volcano And Miracle: A Selection from 'the Journal Written at Night': A Selection of Fiction and Non-fiction from the "Journal Written at Night" - Softcover

Herling, Gustaw

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140236155 ISBN 13: 9780140236156

Publisher: Penguin, 1998

Synopsis

A selection of fiction and non-fiction, many from his 'Journal Written at Night' begun during his imprisonment in a Soviet slave camp and including pieces from 1970 that carry over the literary and political landscape of the time, such as 'Gorky's Untimely Thoughts' and 'Religion without God'. The writings of Gustav Herling have been appearing for many years in the Polish emigre magazine 'Kultura' but have now been brought together in this one book. There are literary reflections, thoughtson the Holocaust, accounts of meetings with famous figures, descriptions of Poland and Italy.

About this title

Synopsis:

A collection of the author's writings, mainly taken from "Journal Written at Night", which was begun during his imprisonment in a Soviet slave camp. Also included are: "Gorky's Untimely Thoughts"; "Religion without God"; thoughts on the Holocaust; and accounts of meetings with famous figures.

About the Author:

Gustav Herling was born in 1919 in central Poland, the child of a flour mill owner. He spent two years in a Soviet labour camp, and after the war came to live in London where he founded the Polish magazine Kultura. He now lives in Naples.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0140236155
• ISBN 13: 9780140236156
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Strom Ronald