Manuela Gretkowska

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Manuela Gretkowska


Born
in Łódź, Poland
October 06, 1964

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Gretkowska studied philosophy at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. In 1988 she left Poland to live in Paris, where she studied anthropology at École des hautes études en sciences sociales. It was France where she wrote her first short stories.

Gretkowska's literary debut was the novel We Are Immigrants Here (My zdies' emigranty) (1991), in which she ironically described the experiences of the young generation leaving Poland. Gretkowska's next three books described the life of a modern artistic-intellectual bohemian living in France: Paris Tarot (1993), Metaphysical Cabaret (1994), and Textbook for people. Skull: The First and Last Volume (1996) connects gnosis, kabbala, the character of Mary Magdalene and the skull motif in global cult
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Average rating: 3.27 · 3,171 ratings · 176 reviews · 41 distinct worksSimilar authors
Polka

3.75 avg rating — 385 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions
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Namiętnik

3.28 avg rating — 228 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions
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Kabaret metafizyczny

2.97 avg rating — 210 ratings — published 1994 — 7 editions
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Europejka

3.55 avg rating — 171 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions
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My zdies' emigranty

3.30 avg rating — 178 ratings — published 1995 — 5 editions
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Wenecja. Miasto, któremu si...

3.23 avg rating — 167 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions
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Tarot paryski

3.11 avg rating — 159 ratings — published 1993 — 5 editions
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Kobieta i mężczyźni

3.14 avg rating — 147 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions
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Sceny z życia pozamałżeńskiego

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3.23 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions
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Trans

3.11 avg rating — 129 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions
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“Dla kobiety dorastanie jest puchnieciem. Dla mezczyzn nabieraniem sily.”
Manuela Gretkowska, Namiętnik

“Jak powóz w Pompejach - król był pod Neapolem zwiedzić nowo odkryte ruiny miasta. Widział odciśnięte zwłoki ludzi, zwierząt zabitych wybuchem Wezuwiusza. Żłobienia po kołach wozów, ślady stóp uciekinierów w zastygającym na prawie dwa tysiące lat wulkanicznym popiele. Król przyglądał się płaskiemu krajobrazowi Mazowsza. Tutaj nic nie wybuchło. Szarość ludzi, bieda biorą się z ziemi. Wciąga w bagno, nie pozwalając wyrwać się do życia. Słowiańska melancholia pijackiego fatalizmu. Nie ma sensu niczego zmieniać, lawina mułu pokryje drogi, kurz osiądzie na umysłach i zlepi się w grudę zatykającą usta. Zbiorowy polski grób przypomina pompejański, ale ludzie uwięzieni są w błocie własnej nędzy. Zastygli w lawie. (...) Francuzi mają Wersal, niepowtarzalny, jedyny Wersal kopiowany w każdym kraju. My - portrety trumienne. Żywe trupy kroczące przez błotne Pompeje.”
Manuela Gretkowska, Faworyty

“Dobre wychowanie polega na tym, żeby niczemu się nie dziwić - Lubomirska tak powiedziałaby królowi i księciu Repninowi, ambasadorowi Rosji, gdyby mówienie o dobrym wychowaniu nie było świadectwem o jego braku.”
Manuela Gretkowska, Faworyty

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