Mordercy są wśród nas

by Marek Hłasko

Polish

Genres: Polish Literature

254 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

One of the most popular Polish writers of the 20th century. Author of numerous short stories and novels. Some of his works were adapted into films. His works were ruled by the idea of an evil dominating over good, inevitable loss of ideas in clash with the reality, as well as with the masculinist point of view. He wrote about protest of a moral nature. In his works he depicted the lives of the lower classes as dominated by hopelessness and cynicism. His characters dream about changes which come out to be vain.
After initial approval of his talent, his nonconformism and critique of communism forced him to leave Poland, and he spent the rest of his life abroad (mainly in Israel, Germany and U.S.A.) He died in Wiesbaden (Germany) in 1969. The circumstances of his death remain unknown. One hypothesis is that he mixed alcohol with sedative drugs.

Reviews

[Brani Spolsky]

To już moja ostatnia książka Hłaski. Szkoda, że zmarł tak młodo.

[Marzena]

Hłasko i jego proza nie należą do lektur łatwych. Nie ochrzciłabym jej też przyjemną. Mimo tego, czasem dla jednego- dwóch zdań perełek warto po nią sięgnąć.

[Zosia Pągowska]

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