Description

Witold Gombrowicz's *Trans-Atlantyk* is a searing, semi-autobiographical novel that plunges into the disorienting experience of exile and the struggle for artistic identity. The narrator, adrift in Argentina and alienated from both the local literary scene and Polish émigré society, grapples with profound questions of selfhood and belonging. Through a unique and often jarring narrative voice, Gombrowicz explores themes of form, immaturity, and the desperate search for authentic connection in a world that feels increasingly artificial. This slim yet potent work offers a powerful, if unsettling, reflection on the artist's place in society and the enduring complexities of the human condition.

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paperback

Denoël

Published Oct 31, 1986

210 pages

ISBN: 9782207233191

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First Published

1953

Language

pol

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