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by Tadeusz Konwicki Translated by Richard Lourie Original title: Kompleks polski
The Polish Complex takes place on Christmas Eve, from early morning until late in the evening, as a line of peo
ple (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 i (more...)
by Tadeusz Konwicki Translated by Richard Lourie Original title: Mala apokalipsa
As in his novel The Polish Complex, Konwicki's A Minor Apocalypse
stars a narrator and character named Konwicki, who has been asked to set himself on fire that evening in front of the Communist Parry headquarters in Warsaw in an act of protest. He accepts the commission, but (more...)
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