Minor Apocalypse - Softcover

Konwicki, Tadeusz

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0394724429 ISBN 13: 9780394724423

Publisher: Vintage, 1984

Synopsis

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 Party headquarters in Warsaw in an act of protest. He accepts the commission, but without any clear idea of whether he will actually go through with the self-immolation. He spends the rest of the day wandering the streets of Warsaw, being tortured by the secret police and falling in love. Both himself and Everyman, the character-author experiences the effects of ideologies and bureaucracies gone insane with, as always in history, the individual struggling for survival rather than offering himself up on the pyre of the greater good. Brilliantly translated by Richard Lourie, A Minor Apocalypse is one of the most important novels to emerge from Poland in the last twenty five years.

About this title

About the Author:

Richard Lourie is the critically acclaimed author of both fiction and nonfiction, including "The Autobiography of Joseph Stalin "and "Sakharov: A Biography." He has translated forty books and has served as Mikhail Gorbachev's translator for "The New York Times. "His articles and reviews have appeared in many influential publications, including "The New York Times, The Washington Post, "the "New Republic, "and "The Nation." He is currently a correspondent for "The Moscow Times."

Language Notes:

Text: English, Polish (translation)

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0394724429
• ISBN 13: 9780394724423
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 231