ISBN: |
015[zasłonięte]1276 |
Wymiar: |
135 x 205 mm |
Nr wydania: |
- |
Seria: |
- |
Ilość stron: |
256 |
Ocena: |
Dobry + |
Waga: |
0,28 kg |
Indeks: |
0173/19/0046 |
Rok wydania: |
1994 |
Wydawca: |
Harvest Intranslation |
Autor: |
Huelle Pawel |
Rodzaj okładki: |
Miękka |
Stan: |
Używana |
Opis książki
This strange, almost hypnotic but ultimately unsatisfying novel by a Polish literature professor examines the summer of 1957 in Gdansk. Looking back from the present day, the narrator, Heller, describes how he and his friends, then 11-year-olds, grew involved with a mysterious classmate, the eponymous Weiser. A Jew, Weiser seems possessed of magical powers, and the boys fall under his sway, eventually becoming unwitting accomplices to his inexplicable disappearance. In a ruminative narrative--filled with repetitions which become almost musical in structure, asides, false starts, flash forwards and flashbacks--Huelle offers a hard-nosed, Polish version of magical realism. A small boy, for example, entrances a panther in the local zoo, levitates himself and sets off surreal explosions. Rumbling in the background are the political upheavals of 1970 and 1980, events that will kill a central character. The novel is on its surest footing in its merciless delineation of a sadistic teacher, and in a spirited series of digressions involving an escaped lunatic. But the denouement, regrettably, leaves many questions unanswered, including the one posed by the title.
Uwagi:
Oprawa wytarta, zagięta i lekko zniszczona na krawędziach. Brzegi stron zakurzone. W tekście podkreślenia i adnotacje ołówkiem, długopisem oraz kredkami.