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Silikon
Zbiór błyskotliwych tekstów, w których autorka ujawnia swój kolejny talent - publicystyczny. Pisze wbrew stereotypom, wbrew konwencjom obyczajowym i estetycznym. Zaskakuje i bawi czytelnika, a przede wszystkim nie nudzi go, opisując ikony popkultury, półlesbijki z haremu i namolne feministki, wyobraźnię Nabokova, nieśmiałość Wittgesteina. Te publiczne wypowiedzi Gretkowskiej są dla jednych dowcipną, trafną analizą absurdów i zjawisk kulturalno - społecznych, a dla innych prowokacją i powodem podania autorki do sądu.
- GenresPolish LiteraturePoland
185 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2000
About the author
Manuela Gretkowska
41 books57 followersGretkowska 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 culture. In this period, the writer earned the title of "scandalist" and "postmodernist." Manuela Gretkowska's prose eschewed grandiose language, more similar to the ease and austerity of the essay. In 1996, Gretkowska wrote a screenplay for the Andrzej Żuławski film Szamanka (She-Shaman).
In 1997, Gretkowska moved to Sweden, where she published several collected stories in the book Namiętnik (The Passionate One) (1998), notes from her world travels in Światowidz (World-View) (1998), and her columns, under the collective title Silikon (Silicon) (2000). She also co-wrote the screenplay for the first season of the TV series Miasteczko (Small Town) (2000).
Gretkowska's newest work is more personal, almost intimiate prose. Polka (Polish woman) (2001) was the writer's pregnancy journal, while Europejka (European Woman) (2004) presents a humorous view of a changing Poland through the eyes of Gretkowska the intellectual. In 2003 the author, together with her partner Piotr Pietucha wrote Scenes from Extramarital Life.
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 culture. In this period, the writer earned the title of "scandalist" and "postmodernist." Manuela Gretkowska's prose eschewed grandiose language, more similar to the ease and austerity of the essay. In 1996, Gretkowska wrote a screenplay for the Andrzej Żuławski film Szamanka (She-Shaman).
In 1997, Gretkowska moved to Sweden, where she published several collected stories in the book Namiętnik (The Passionate One) (1998), notes from her world travels in Światowidz (World-View) (1998), and her columns, under the collective title Silikon (Silicon) (2000). She also co-wrote the screenplay for the first season of the TV series Miasteczko (Small Town) (2000).
Gretkowska's newest work is more personal, almost intimiate prose. Polka (Polish woman) (2001) was the writer's pregnancy journal, while Europejka (European Woman) (2004) presents a humorous view of a changing Poland through the eyes of Gretkowska the intellectual. In 2003 the author, together with her partner Piotr Pietucha wrote Scenes from Extramarital Life.
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June 17, 2016
Silikon Manueli Getkowskiej nie utracił nic a nic ze swojej trafności opisu sedna absurdalnych zjawisk życia na ziemi,
ludzie to ludzie i kółko graniaste się toczy.dwadzieścia lat później i jedynie co to zmieniają się nazwiska postaci do których można jak matrycę przyłożyć opisy zachowań .
Jedynie żałuję że trafiłam na tą pozycję aż dwadzieścia lat później ,lepiej późno niż wcale .
ludzie to ludzie i kółko graniaste się toczy.dwadzieścia lat później i jedynie co to zmieniają się nazwiska postaci do których można jak matrycę przyłożyć opisy zachowań .
Jedynie żałuję że trafiłam na tą pozycję aż dwadzieścia lat później ,lepiej późno niż wcale .
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