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Author: Witold Gombrowicz Title: Cosmos Genre: Fiction, Literature, Translated Publisher: Grove Press; Grove/Atlantic Identifier: 9780802195265, 9780802145628, asin: B005UK7OKY Grade: retail eBook length: 148 pages Paperback, 208 pages Published: 1965 Edition: Grove Press (2005) Translation by: Danuta Borchardt (2005) Original Polish edition, published as "Kosmos" Milan Kundera called Witold Gombrowicz “one of the great novelists of our century.” His most famous novel, "Cosmos", the recipient of the 1967 International Prize for Literature, is now available in a critically acclaimed translation, for the first time directly from the Polish, by the award-winning translator Danuta Borchardt. "Cosmos" is a metaphysical noir thriller narrated by Witold, a seedy, pathetic, and witty student, who is charming and appalling by turns. On his way to a relaxing vacation he meets the despondent Fuks. As they set off together for a family-run pension in the Carpathian Mountains they discover a dead bird hanging from a string. Is this a strange but meaningless occurrence or is it the beginning of a string of bizarre events? As the young men become embroiled in the Chekhovian travails of the family

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Author

Witold Gombrowicz; Danuta Borchardt; Grove Press

Publisher

Grove Press; Grove/Atlantic

Published

1965

Language

EN

ISBN

9780802195265

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Contemporary Fiction

Rating

4 / 5 (91 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14