Witold Gombrowicz (1904-1969), novelist, essayist, and playwright, was one of the most important Polish writers of the twentieth century. A candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1968, he was described by Milan Kundera as one of the great novelists of our century and by John Updike as one of the profoundest of the late moderns.
Gombrowicz s works were considered scandalous and subversive by the ruling powers in Poland and were banned for nearly forty years. He spent his last years in France teaching philosophy; this book is a series of reflections based on his lectures.
Gombrowicz discusses Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard, Sartre, and Heidegger in six one-hour essays and addresses Marxism in a shorter fifteen-minute piece. The text a small literary gem full of sardonic wit, brilliant insights, and provocative criticism constructs the philosophical lineage of his work."
- ISBN10 6611731008
- ISBN13 9786611731007
- Publish Date 1 June 2007 (first published December 2004)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 1 June 2011
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Yale University Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 109
- Language English