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Condition: Very Good. Softcover in pictorial wrappers, 259 pages. Written in a pared-down, direct language, and filled with allusions to everything from philosophy to TV talk shows, the poetry of Tadeusz Rózewicz encompasses the complexity of human experience in the early 21st century. Rózewicz's unique voice, formed during his experiences as a member of the Polish resistance in World War II, and honed by decades living under communist rule, holds a merciless mirror up to the crimes and excesses of the poet's lifetime. In his eighties now, Rózewicz continues to be a prolific writer and an acerbic commentator on his life and times. This collection combines his latest three volumes: professor's knife, gray zone, and exit. These are extraordinary poems from an acknowledged European master. Clean copy. Record # 401202.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Edition stated. Terra cotta boards and grey spine cloth with ivory type. In beautiful shape with sharp corners, clean interior and tight binding. Jacket is unclipped and pristine. 1st Printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Like New. First American Edition. Publisher: Grove Press, New York, 1995.FINE hardcover book in FINE dust-jacket. As new. Unread.First US Edition, First Printing. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves.

Condition: Very Good. Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 275 pages. First published in 1957 in Poland, Bacacay(a nod to his street in Buenos Aires) is a collection of 12 short stories by Witold Gombrowicz (1904?1968), one of the major European literary figures of the 20th century. Stunningly original in both style and content, these stories are often hilarious yet have an undercurrent of profound moral disquiet and horror when the respectable turns slowly but inexorably into the outrageous, conveying both the horrors of upper-class life and the deepest anguish of the human condition. Gombrowicz has perfect pitch for language; he revels in linguistic play, combining words in extraordinary ways. The commonplace and the everyday are juxtaposed with the bizarre and unsettling to make a world in which unspeakable subconscious urges have a habit of poking through the surface of ordinary life, leaving permanent scars. Bacacayis a brilliant series of satires on the limitations, quirks and phobias of the upper class. In Gombrowicz?s hands, words create worlds. Clean, bright copy. Record # 401184.…

Condition: Very Good. Softcover in pictorial wrappers, 418 pages. A rich, polyphonic novel from one of the leading voices of contemporary Polish literature, encompassing a half-century of history and memory. In a Polish village, a young man watches an old man trip and fall down a flight of stairs. From this singular event arises a cascade of memories, regrets, and longings: the buried sensations of a whole lifetime, condensed and released. We hear of life during occupation, the scarcities of a childhood lived under the sign of war?and fragments of a home?s sounds and scents (the private speech of mothers and fathers, the treasures of coffee, raisins, almonds, and plums). There are loves unrequited and fulfilled, landscapes of winter and spring, old jobs and old friends, all flowing together. Clean copy. Record # 401057. …

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 300 pages. 7.50x6.00x1.50 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. translated edition. 179 pages. 8.25x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 176 pages. 7.80x5.00x0.60 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 155 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 238 pages. 6.50x5.75x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 131 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.50 inches. In Stock.

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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 238 pages. 6.50x5.75x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. translation edition. 203 pages. 8.25x5.50x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 300 pages. 7.50x6.00x6.99 inches. In Stock.

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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 300 pages. 7.50x6.00x6.99 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 259 pages. Polish language. 6.50x5.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 136 pages. French language. 8.50x5.50x0.38 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 219 pages. 8.00x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 374 pages. 7.50x6.00x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 89 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. translation edition. 160 pages. 9.25x7.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. translated edition. 247 pages. 8.25x5.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 374 pages. 7.50x6.00x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. bilingual edition. 141 pages. Polish language. 8.00x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. translation edition. 413 pages. 8.00x4.75x1.50 inches. In Stock.