Geografia i topografia Ziemi Nod Radosława Kobierskiego

• Authors: Tomasz Cieślak

Title variants

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GEOGRAPHY AND TOPOGRAPHY OF ZIEMIA NOD BY RADOSŁAW KOBIERSKI

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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The article constitutes an attempt at analysing the function of creation of space in Radosław Kobierski's (b. 1971) postmodern novel Ziemia Nod (Warszawa 2010). The novel recounts the fates of several dozen characters, Poles and Jews, between the interwar period and the first few years of the Polish People’s Republic who all inhabit the topography of Tarnów as reconstructed by Kobierski in literature with an antiquarian exactness, care, and precision. The pre-war space of the city is a textual sign defining social, religious and/or ethnic belonging of individual characters as well as their identity. During the war and after its conclusion the abovementioned space undergoes disintegration, and Tarnów becomes a figure of the Holocaust, death and irreparable loss.

Keywords

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RADOSŁAW KOBIERSKI; 21ST CENTURY POLISH PROSE; HOLOCAUST LITERATURE; TARNÓW; GEOPOETICS

• Journal: Białostockie Studia Literaturoznawcze
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 3
• Pages: 97-108

Contributors

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Tomasz Cieślak

• dr hab., prof. UŁ Tomasz Cieślak, Uniwersytet Łódzki, Wydział Filologiczny, Instytut Filologii Polskiej, al. Kościuszki 65, 90-514 Łódź, Poland