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Reymont's last book, Bunt, was serialized 1922 and published in book form in 1924. It describes a revolt by animals which take over their farm in order to introduce "equality." The revolt quickly degenerates into abuse and bloody terror. The story was a metaphor for the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 and was banned 1945-1989 in communist Poland, along with George Orwell's similar novella, Animal Farm (published in Britain in 1945).
The Comedienne: Translated From The Polish By Edmund Obecny This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards: 1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting tools to re-create the same edition with rich typography, graphics, high quality images, and table elements, giving our readers the feel of holding a 'fresh and newly' reprinted and/or revised edition, as opposed to other scanned & printed (Optical Character Recognition - OCR) repro...
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Presents an alphabetical listing of information on the origins, prehistory, history, culture, languages, relationships to other cultures and more regarding European peoples.
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Wierność i okrucieństwo, melancholia i nadzieja, różne koncepcje cielesności, spór między pięknem, dobrem i prawdą – oto niektóre tematy zebranych w niniejszym tomie szkiców, recenzji i wystąpień. Ksiądz Józef Tischner ukazuje się w nich jako wrażliwy widz i czytelnik (m.in. Herberta, Wojtyły, Dantego i Kieślowskiego), potrafiący na marginesie omawianych utworów naszkicować własną filozofię ludzkiego dramatu. Jej przystępny wykład można znaleźć w „Zarysie filozofii człowieka dla duszpasterzy i artystów” zamieszczonym w drugiej części książki
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Takes a close look at recent events to provide a comprehensive, current overview of Poland. For this edition, the author has made significant updates and revisions to the original volume. Current events have been added in detail and the chronology and reading list have been brought up to date