A Story “at the Edge of Sense”
Stanisław Dygat’s Pacific Panam Palisades Cover Image
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Opowieść „na granicy sensu” Pacific Panam Palisades Stanisława Dygata
A Story “at the Edge of Sense” Stanisław Dygat’s Pacific Panam Palisades

Author(s): Ewa Bartos
Subject(s): Polish Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Pacific Panam Palisades; Stanisław Dygat; literary experiment; game; narrative poem
Summary/Abstract: Stanisław Dygat died suddenly in his Warsaw apartment on January 29, 1978. The death of the writer prevented his readers from finding out the ending to his last novel, published by “Przekrój”. The present article analyzes and interprets the last, unfinished work of the author of Lake Constance, emphasizing the ways in which Dygat plays with the very form of the novel, constructing a literary experiment and playing with the reader.

  • Page Range: 125-137
  • Page Count: 14
  • Publication Year: 2019
  • Language: Polish