The modern Polish mind : an anthology
Maria KuncewiczowaNobody could fail to be moved by the various recollections, fictional and nonfictional, of Poland and Warsaw's World War II Gethsemane; moved to laughter by the acerb brand of Polish humor (as in Julian Kawalec's short story of the ultimately Zeta bomb); or moved to absorbed reflection by such a brilliant essay as Kolakowski's "The Priest and the Jester."
Mrs. Kuncewicz succeeds brilliantly in presenting a panorama of life in today's Poland. The selection of writings exemplifies to the full the mood, thought adn experience of this West-oriented, overwhelmingly Catholic nation experimenting in socialism of the Eastern brand, under pressure of events not of Poland's own making. Some of the short stories would be works of art in any language; certain of the essays will open the eyes of any who see Poland as simply a "satellite" or think its writers of a piece.
This book is organized into four sections: What Polish Writers Remember, How they See Life, What they Believe, Their Humor...