The semiautobiographical plot of the novel closely tracks gombrowicz s own experience in the years during and just after the outbreak of world war ii. An alternate translation yale press 2014 that gombrowicz wrote trans atlantyk in the style of a gaweda or fire side chat, a tale, a mode of interaction at social gatherings of the sixteenth to nineteenthcentury sarmatian polish nobility in their country manors. Transatlantyk kindle edition by gombrowicz, witold. An introduction to the life and work of polish writer witold. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. This largely autobiographical novel, published in paris in the 1950s, will sorely disappoint the international readership that embraced his celebrated diary vol. An alternate translation the margellos world republic of letters 9780300175301. Trans atlantyk is a novel by the polish author witold gombrowicz, originally published in 1953. These, along with his plays and his diary, have been translated into more than thirty languages. In 1937 he published his first novel, ferdydurke, which presented many of his usual themes. The semiautobiographical plot of the novel closely tracks gombrowicz s own experience in the years during and just after the outbreak of world war ii plot. Aug 14, 2016 witold gombrowiczs semiautobiographical novel transatlantyk is a slim, bristling work that dances out over a mere 122 pages with a force that simultaneously exhausts and engages. Gombrowicz lived in buenos aires for over twenty years and spent his last in france. Author of four novels, several plays, and a highly acclaimed diary, he was a candidate for the nobel prize in literature in 1968.
Witold gombrowiczs semiautobiographical novel transatlantyk is a slim, bristling work that dances out over a mere 122 pages with a force that simultaneously exhausts and engages. Get 1 credit every month to exchange for an audiobook of your choice no. Transatlantyk witold gombrowicz audiobook mp3 czyta. Audiobook transatlantyk autor witold gombrowicz czyta wojciech pszoniak. His most famous novel, cosmos, the recipient of the 1967 international prize for literature, is now available in a critically acclaimed translation, for the first time directly from the polish, by the awardwinning translator danuta borchardt. Transatlantyk by witold gombrowicz is one of those books that i wish i could read in the original language because i know that then i would be reading the true essence of the book. Inspired by the classics of polish literature, this satire of polish emigrants in buenos aires is a pastiche of the 17thcentury polish baroque style known as sarmatism. At our march meeting we will discuss a book suggested by david gilmour. Transatlantyk witold gombrowicz june 6, 2018 july 3, 2018 ienthuse this was another christmas present, a satirical novel by a polish author in exile in argentina, telling a version of his exile and set in the early days of the second world war. Transatlantyk ebook by witold gombrowicz rakuten kobo.
The semiautobiographical plot of the novel closely tracks gombrowiczs own experience in the years during and just after the outbreak of world war ii. An alternate translation yale press 2014 that gombrowicz wrote transatlantyk in the style of a gaweda or fire side chat, a tale, a mode of interaction at social gatherings of the sixteenth to nineteenthcentury sarmatian polish nobility in their country manors. Transatlantyk ebook por witold gombrowicz 9780300164664. Admittedly, transatlantyk is an exceptionally difficult text, written in a polish style based on a literary style from several centuries ago. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading trans atlantyk. Witold gombrowicz was born on august 4, 1904 in maloszyce, poland, russian empire. Long banned in its authors native poland, this highspirited satire first published in 1937, and now available in a first unabridged english translation on the regimentation that gombrowicz 190469 foresaw as the destructive storm then approaching europe has since been acclaimed as a.
Witold gombrowicz 19041969, novelist, essayist, and playwright, is considered by many to be the most important polish writer of the twentieth century. Instytut literacki, 1953 david recommends that we read either of the following translations. Kosmos is a 1965 novel by the polish author witold gombrowicz. As if to call attention to these psychic disjunctions, gombrowicz writes transatlantyk in the mode of the gaweda, an antiquated form of polish folk narrative popular with the rural nobility. The narrative revolves around two young men who seek the solitude of the country. Jul 24, 20 trans atlantyk, gombrowicz s first work written in exile and published in 1952 in paris, is an autobiographical fantasy about his first days in argentina. Przegladaj tysiace produktow, zamow i skorzystaj z darmowej dostawy do salonow empik w calej polsce. Transatlantyk was gombrowiczs first novel, and it didnt have a prayer at generating much revenue from the polish emigre community. His novels and plays include ferdydurke 1937, transatlantyk 1953, slub 1953, kosmos 1965, and pornografia 1966. However, the text inspired little reaction from the public. Witold gombrowicz witold gombrowicz 19041969 is considered the most remarkable polish prose writer of the 20th century. Witold gombrowicz, polish novelist and playwright whose works were forerunners of the theatre of the absurd. He is the author of ferdydurke, transatlantyk, pornografia, and cosmos, as well as plays, stories, and his diary.
Wspieraj legalne zrodla zamiast strony typu chomikuj. Witold gombrowicz himself qualified trans atlantyk as a parody of an oldtime tale, in an oldfashioned and stereotypical genre. Ferdydurkea grotesque image of contemporary society that shocked the reading publicgombrowicz visited argentina, where he became stranded during and after world war ii. Ksiazki mozesz posluchac na dowolnym smartfonie, tablecie czy komputerze. Transatlantyk kindle edition by gombrowicz, witold, french, professor carolyn, karsov, nina. But gombrowicz is not the master for nothing, and the excellent translation captured the nuances and moods, that the reading including a couple of chapters which were more like essays by the writer on writing, was a pleasure and an experience in itself. Milan kundera called witold gombrowicz one of the great novelists of our century. In the novel transatlantyk gombrowicz juxtaposes the traditional vision of a human that serves the values of the new vision, according to which an individual frees oneself of this service and basically fulfills oneself. Witold gombrowicz is the author of a guide to philosophy in six hours and fifteen minutes, trans atlantyk, cosmos, and pornografia, the first three available from yale university press.
His works are characterised by deep psychological analysis, a certain sense of paradox and absurd, antinationalist flavor. In 1938 gombrowicz published his first play, yvonne, princess of burgundy, a grotesque in which formality, custom and ceremony grow to eventually trap the individual, who cannot free himself and does not even know how to do so. Pobierz i przesluchaj fragment audiobooka za darmo. As if to call attention to these psychic disjunctions, gombrowicz writes transatlantyk in the mode of the gaweda, an antiquated form of. Ferdydurke by witold gombrowicz has finally been properly translated into english. Gombrowiczs family were prosperous members of the gentry. Witold marian gombrowicz august 4, 1904 july 24, 1969 was a polish writer and playwright. Not that this is an event worth mentioning in general, but the point to be made is that the world of translation offers room for all kinds of mischief and sloppiness.
Admittedly, trans atlantyk is an exceptionally difficult text, written in a polish style based on a literary style from several centuries ago. See all books authored by witold gombrowicz, including ferdydurke, and cosmos and pornografia. Transatlantyk kindle edition by gombrowicz, witold, french. Jedna z najwazniejszych powiesci witolda gombrowicza w doskonalej interpretacji wojciecha pszoniaka. Gombrowicz definition of gombrowicz by the free dictionary. Publication date 1994 topics gombrowicz, witold fiction, poles argentina history fiction. Bohaterem powiesci jest jozio trzydziestoletni poczatkujacy pisarz, ktory budzi sie pewnego dnia z uczuciem rozbicia, nieautentycznosci, rozkawalkowania. Far from being shamed, however, gombrowicz turned the tableor more accurately overturned the tablein transatlantyk, his account of his first days in argentina, which viciously lampoons the. Translators french and karsov chose, perhaps correctly, to imitate this style by using a comparable english from the 17th and 18th centuries or so they claim. Gombrowicz, witold article about gombrowicz, witold by the. Ferdydurke by witold gombrowicz, danuta borchardt kirkus.
Transatlantyk was composed during and after wwii, and much of the madness inherent in its themes became normalized during this time. Long banned in its authors native poland, this highspirited satire first published in 1937, and now available in a first unabridged english translation on the regimentation that gombrowicz 190469 foresaw as the destructive storm then approaching europe has since been acclaimed as a modernist masterpiece. Borchardt explains in her note at the beginning of transatlantyk. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading transatlantyk. The semiautobiographical plot of the novel closely tracks. Witold gombrowiczs novel transatlantyk, published originally in polish paris. Utworprowokacja, bedacy kapitalna rozprawa pisarza z polskoscia i polska forma, skrzy ironia, a w warstwie formalnej znakomicie parodiuje szlachecka. Danuta borchardt has translated several works by witold. Witold marian gombrowicz august 4, 1904 in maloszyce, near kielce, congress poland, russian empire july 24, 1969 in vence, near nice, france was a polish novelist and dramatist. Transatlantyk is a novel by the polish author witold gombrowicz, originally published in 1953. Considered one of polands foremost literary figures of the twentieth century, gombrowiczs novels and plays have been translated into many languages. The youngest of four children in a wealthy landowning family, he was born august 4, 1904, on his. Jedna z najwazniejszych powiesci witolda gombrowicza w.
Transatlantyk witold gombrowicz audiobook w mp3 woblink. In the novel trans atlantyk gombrowicz juxtaposes the traditional vision of a human that serves the values of the new vision, according to which an individual frees oneself of this service and basically fulfills oneself. Borchardt explains in her note at the beginning of trans atlantyk. In witold gombrowicz success of his first novel, ferdydurke 1937. He told a story about a man named gombrowicz, who traveled to argentina on a cruise ship and decided not to return to poland at the outbreak of world war ii for dubious reasons.
Transatlantyk, gombrowiczs first work written in exile and published in 1952 in paris, is an autobiographical fantasy about his first days in argentina. Transatlantyk witold gombrowicz audiobook mp3 ksiegarnia. Lee transatlantyk por witold gombrowicz disponible en rakuten kobo. Gombrowicz synonyms, gombrowicz pronunciation, gombrowicz translation, english dictionary definition of gombrowicz. As suas obras caracterizamse por uma profunda analise psicologica, um certo sentido do paradoxo e absurdo, tendo ainda um certo travo antinacionalista. Witold gombrowiczs life spanned the extremes of affluence and poverty, obscurity and fame. He studied law at the university of warsaw but abandoned his career to pursue his literary interests. Read transatlantyk by witold gombrowicz available from rakuten kobo. Gombrowicz is recognized as an original satirist, an existential innovator who mingled the real with the unreal to convey a highly personal vision of the world. Transatlantyk audiobook, witold gombrowicz, wydawnictwo.
Witold gombrowicz has been described as the ultimate writers writer, with the thought behind his work linking him to philosophers roland barthes and jeanpaul sartre fantastical and absurd with strong links to existentialism, structuralism and satire, he has been hailed by milan kundera as one of the 20th centurys great novelists and one of its most profound by john updi. Reading witold gombrowicz means confronting an artistic vision of extraordinary intensity, withering in its austerity, imperious in its dismissal of convention and cant, solicitous only of the truth, no matter how unpleasant or embarrassing. Trans atlantyk is a semiautobiographical, satirical novel that throws into heightened perspective all of. Trans atlantyk by witold gombrowicz is one of those books that i wish i could read in the original language because i know that then i would be reading the true essence of the book. Witold gombrowicz books list of books by author witold. Transatlantyk gombrowicz witold audiobook sklep empik. He is the author of ferdydurke, trans atlantyk, pornografia, and cosmos, as well as plays, stories, and his diary. Trans atlantyk witold gombrowicz june 6, 2018 july 3, 2018 ienthuse this was another christmas present, a satirical novel by a polish author in exile in argentina, telling a version of his exile and set in the early days of the second world war. Witold gombrowicz 19041969, was a polish novelist and playwright. Transatlantyk is a semiautobiographical, satirical novel that throws into heightened perspective all of. Witold gombrowicz is the author of a guide to philosophy in six hours and fifteen minutes, transatlantyk, cosmos, and pornografia, the first three available from yale university press. Feb 10, 2018 at our march meeting we will discuss a book suggested by david gilmour. Ferdydurkea grotesque image of contemporary society that shocked the reading publicgombrowicz visited argentina, where. The representative of such a model of humanity is the eccentric millionaire homosexual gonzalo.
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