The Possessed [electronic resource]
Witold Gombrowicz2023
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In The Possessed, Witold Gombrowicz, considered by many to be Poland's greatest
modernist, draws together the familiar tropes of the Gothic novel to produce
a darkly funny and playful subversion of the form. With dreams of escaping his
small-town existence and the limitations of his status, a young tennis coach
travels to the heart of the Polish countryside where he is to train Maja
Ochołowska, a beautiful and promising player whose bourgeois family has fallen
upon difficult circumstances. But no sooner has he arrived than the relationship
with his pupil develops into one of twisted love and hate, and he becomes
embroiled in the fantastic happenings taking place at the dilapidated
castle nearby. Haunted kitchens, bewitched towels, conniving secretaries and
famous clairvoyants all conspire to determine the fate of the young lovers and
the mad prince residing in the castle. Translated directly into English for the
first time by Antonia Lloyd-Jones, The Possessed is a comic ma...
Main title:
The Possessed [electronic resource] / Witold Gombrowicz
Author:
Witold Gombrowicz, Author
Imprint:
London United Kingdom : Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2023
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (304 pages, 341564.0 Bytes)
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Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781804270622
Language:
English
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BRN:
451742
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