Ferdydurke

The novel by one of the greatest Polish authors of the 20th century, Witold Gambrowicz, full of black humor, continues the comedic traditions of the great masters of the past, Rabelais, Cervantes, Fielding. The provocative style, paradoxical structure of the work and the absurdity of its situations do not prevent the author from deeply exploring such eternal themes as the relationship between youth and adulthood, maturity and immaturity, the influence of culture and relationships with others on a person, personal freedom and its dependence on someone else's opinion...