Portretul Varșoviei în romanul „Morfina” al lui Szczepan Twardoch
The Portrait of Warsaw in Szczepan Twardoch's novel Morphine

Summary/Abstract: The essay depicts the portrait of Warsaw as we see it unfolding in Szczepan Twardoch’s hugely acclaimed novel Morphine. The narrative revolves around its protagonist, Konstanty Willemann, a man entangled in love, death, war, in short – a man caught up not only in history but in social as well as national stereotypes. In the novel Warsaw is a character in itself, having a life and a destiny of itself, as tragic as the main protagonist’s one. It is very interesting to discover the artistic life of interwar Warsaw as reflected by the literary cafes and restaurants frequented by the capital’s upper class. Even though most of them did not survive the WWII, the author succeeded in describing them so vividly, it seem they are real and tangible.

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