Klocki Mrożek
Mrożek's Building-blocks

Summary/Abstract: Tadeusz Nyczek reviews a biography of Sławomir Mrożek written by Małgorzata I. Niemczyńska: Mrożek: A Neurotic's Striptease (Agora SA, Warsaw 2013), classifying it as a building-block biography, i.e. built of separate small narratives, each concerning a particular subject. A Neurotic's Striptease is in fact a multi-layered tale of a "great contemporary," which, the reviewer says, is only an attempt at writing a complete biography. While appreciating the thorough descriptions of Mrożek's childhood, youth, and his complicated relationships with women, Nyczek regrets that only Mrożek's most important and well-known works are covered.

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