Killing the 2nd Dog/ The 8th Day of the Week - Softcover

Hlasko, Marek

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0749391960 ISBN 13: 9780749391966

Publisher: Minerva, 1992

Synopsis

Hlasko has been described as Poland's angry young man of the 1950s. "The Eighth Day of the Week" is a story of two young people searching for a place to consummate their love, and "Killing the Second Dog" gives voice to the rebellious longings and resentments of youth growing up under communism.

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Review:

"He is a flaming literary talent which has burned a ravaging furrow through the murky folds of the curtain that separates East from West." --Harrison Salisbury |"Spokesman for those who were angry and beat ... turbulent, temperamental and tortured." --New York Times |"The sort of book you can read at one sitting and remember the rest of your life." --Chicago Tribune

About the Author:

Hlasko began his literary career as a correspondent among workers. His first stories were published in 1955 in literary periodicals; their publication as a single collection under the title First Step in the Clouds met with a very favorable reception. He followed up his success with a novella, The Eighth Day of the Week (1956). While Hlasko's popularity grew during the Polish "thaw," he faced increasing difficulties with the authorities and defected to the West in 1958. In emigration, his portrayal of life under communism grew harsher; the publication of The Graveyard increased the Polish authorities' hostility toward him. He died in Wiesbaden, Germany in 1969.

About this edition

• Publisher: Minerva
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0749391960
• ISBN 13: 9780749391966
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240