Witold Gombrowicz,Benjamin Ivry
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 â€œone of the great novelists of our centuryâ€ and by John Updike as â€œone of the profoundest of the late moderns.â€,Gombrowiczâ€™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 â€œone-hourâ€ essays and addresses Marxism in a shorter â€œfifteen-minuteâ€ piece. The textâ€”a small literary gem full of sardonic wit, brilliant insights, and provocative criticismâ€”constructs the philosophical lineage of his work.
Philosophy,Nonfiction,European Literature,Polish Literature,Cultural,Poland,Literature,European Literature
A Guide to Philosophy in Six Hours and Fifteen Minutes