Beschreibung
Gustaw Herling’s
is one of the most important books about soviet camps and communist ideology in the Stalinist period, but it was relatively unknown till Solzhenitsyn’s
in the 1970s. In this first monograph on Herling's fascinating life, Bolecki discusses hitherto unknown documents from the writer’s archive.
Autorenportrait
W?odzimierz Bolecki is professor at the Institute of Literary Research at the Polish Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw. An expert in literary criticism and history, he focuses primarily on modern fiction and the poetics and methodology of literary studies. He is the chief editor of Gustaw Herling’s collected works and the author of publications on Mi?osz, Witkacy, Gombrowicz and other Polish writers.
Inhalt
Contents: Gustaw Herling – Soviet concentration camps – Communist ideology – Stalinist period – Solzhenitsyn’s
Jertsevo gulag – Bertrand Russell, Albert Camus, Jorge Semprun.
