Cosmos ; and, Pornografia : two novels / by Witold Gombrowicz ; translated by Eric Mosbacher and Alastair Hamilton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gombrowicz, Witold.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Kosmos. English

Language:

English

French

German

Polish

Subjects (All):

Young adults--Fiction.

Young adults.

Europe--Fiction.

Europe.

Genre:

Fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)

Physical Description:

166, 191 pages ; 21 cm

Other Title:

Cosmos ; and, Pornografia

Place of Publication:

New York : Grove Press, 1985.

Summary:

Here are two major works by the famed Polish novelist and dramatist Witold Gombrowicz. The first, Cosmos, a metaphysical thriller, revolves around an absurd investigation. It is set in provincial Poland and narrated by a seedy, pathetic, and witty student, who is charming and appalling by turns, and whose voice is dense with the richly palpable description that characterizes Gombrowicz's writing. The second, Pornografia, explores the sinister effect the young can have on the old. To serve their own secret eroticism, two aging intellectuals encourage a young couple to commit murder. Although the adolescents are the weapons used to commit the crime, the four become conspirators before the deed is done.

Contents:

Cosmos / English version by Eric Mosbacher

Pornografia / translated from the French by Alastair Hamilton.

Contains:

Gombrowicz, Witold. Pornografia. English

Pornografia.

ISBN:

0802151590

9780802151599

OCLC:

34607700