The Polish Complex takes place on Christmas Eve, from early morning until late in the evening, as a line of people (including the narrator, whose name is Konwicki) stand and wait in front of a jewelry store in Warsaw. Through the narrator we are told of what happens among those standing in line outside this store, what happens as the narrator's mind thinks and rants about the current state of Poland, and what happens as he imagines the failed Polish rebellion of 1863. The novel's form allows Konwicki (both character and ...
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The Polish Complex takes place on Christmas Eve, from early morning until late in the evening, as a line of people (including the narrator, whose name is Konwicki) stand and wait in front of a jewelry store in Warsaw. Through the narrator we are told of what happens among those standing in line outside this store, what happens as the narrator's mind thinks and rants about the current state of Poland, and what happens as he imagines the failed Polish rebellion of 1863. The novel's form allows Konwicki (both character and author) to roam around and through Poland's past and present, and to range freely through whatever comes to his attention. By turns comic, lyrical, despairing, and liberating, The Polish Complex stands as one of the most important novels to have come out of Poland since World War II.
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Fine in Near Fine (in mylar) jacket. Hardcover. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Textblock is very clean and tight. All page edges are straight and sound. Blue cloth spine, dark yellow paper boards. Unclipped dust jacket, small tear on front top edge and small tear and crease on back top edge. 211pp.
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Very good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 211 p. Audience: General/trade. Very Good reprint trade paperback. Approx. 5x8, 211 pages. No markings, solid binding, clean pages, quite nice. The author was born into a worker's family in 1926 near Vilna, Lithuania. He attended a high school run secretly under the Nazi occupation, and after the Nazi defeat joined a guerrilla unit fighting Russian troops. Later his native region was absorbed into the Soviet Union and he moved to Poland. This novel is about life in Poland-bold, imaginative and enlightening.
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Good. 1982 Farrar Press hardcover with jacket, tight and unmarked, light jacket wear. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.
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Fine(-) copy: only faintest shadow 1" deep across top of front cover, else like new. Translated from the Polish by Richard Lourie. 8 5/16"x 5 3/8" orange wraps, printed black; 211 pgs w/ 3-pg intro by Lourie.