Gombrowicz w Zakopanem
Gombrowicz in Zakopane

Some Remarks on the Project of “a Bad Story”

Summary/Abstract: It is common knowledge that Witold Gombrowicz made his debut in the year 1933 with his “Pamiętnik z okresu dojrzewania” (“Memoirs from the Period of Maturing”), while it is forgotten that this debut was obtained at the price of a series of (pre)literary failures. One of such failures is an inspiration for writing this article, the author of which firstly tells the story of a manuscript of Gombrowicz’s “bad story” allegedly burnt in Zakopane, and secondly, as based on the settlement of a literary investigation, he is trying to prove the reasons that he doubts into this destruction and answering the questions about what can be done with the knowledge; whether—provided that is the case, where and how—we may approach the pages of the “bad story,” even closer than the writer wants us to in his “Wspomnienia polskie” (“Polish Memories”) and Tadeusz Kępiński, who took part in the discussed situation, in his book about Gombrowicz.

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