and what do you think about them?
2006-10-22 08:05:14 · 9 answers · asked by justyna z 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I have read The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kozinski. I found the book memorable and very moving. Also I once asked a question about the painted bird!
I also like Wislawa Szymborska and Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont
2006-10-22 08:10:43 · answer #1 · answered by messymessina 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have read Stanislaw Lem and really liked him. I like this apocalyptic kind of sci-fi - a bit like Ray Bradbury and Harry Harrison. Solaris was made into a film as well.
Czeslaw Milosz was also brilliant, although I only read 'The Captive Mind' by him. Very interesting book about life under the Communists.
Pornografia by Gombrowicz is very funny, and also has that extremely bitter-funny taste of Polish life.
Pan Tadeusz is a famous old poem by Adam Mickiewicz, for which you need to know lots of the history of Poland and Eastern Europe to understand it. Even then, I found it quite boring, although I'm not a big fan of epic poems full stop.
2006-10-26 07:17:35 · answer #2 · answered by blowski 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think Joseph Conrad was Polish and I really liked The Heart of Darkness but not sure which language it was originally written in.
2006-10-23 00:42:16 · answer #3 · answered by bellydancer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try the 'Crosstime Engineer' series by Leo Frankowski.
2006-10-22 08:08:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try Henryk Sienkiewicz . He's a great writer.
2006-10-22 09:45:58 · answer #5 · answered by gonefishing777 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, "The Painted Bird" by Jerzy Kosinski. Great book. Would recommed it to anyone. xxx
2006-10-22 08:09:10 · answer #6 · answered by tulip 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i'm sure that i have, and poems too, but i can't recall the names. i know that i liked them. i like most of the 'eastern bloc' literature (not including modern russia), ie hungary, poland, etc.
2006-10-22 10:32:52 · answer #7 · answered by KJC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. What about you?
2006-10-22 08:17:19 · answer #8 · answered by GB 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2006-10-22 08:06:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋