‘There are more and more of us and more of us will be dying’. On Grochów by Andrzej Stasiuk Cover Image

„Jest nas coraz więcej i coraz więcej będzie nas umierać”. O Grochowie Andrzeja Stasiuka
‘There are more and more of us and more of us will be dying’. On Grochów by Andrzej Stasiuk

Author(s): Natalia Żórawska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Andrzej Stasiuk; trauma; past; loss

Summary/Abstract: Andrzej Stasiuk’s collection of short stories Grochów (2012) is a sentimental reminiscence of the author’s childhood and youth. Stasiuk recalls events from the past: happiness and ease are replaced by pain, loneliness, sickness and death. The author of the article explains how the feeling of emptiness and loss is created by the writer, for whom the idea of loss is the main theme of the book. The aim of the text is to interpret Grochów, according to the category of trauma and the attempt to present Stasiuk’s creativity through the torments of the past.

  • Issue Year: 19/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 243-257
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish