„Dym koloru ochry” Jerozolima Andrzeja Buszy
„Umber smoke”. Andrzej Busza’s Jerusalem

Author(s): Beata Tarnowska
Subject(s): Polish Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Jerusalem; Polish emigre literature; Andrzej Busza`s writings; comparative literature; terrorism in the Middle East;
Summary/Abstract: The article „Umber smoke”. Andrzej Busza`s Jerusalem is an attempt to describe – in a comparative perspective – an episode in Busza`s biography and writings, namely his stay in Jerusalem during the World War II. This period, being a part of Busza`s early childhood, was a specific time in the history of Jerusalem, as escalation of the terrorist campaign was going on. The traumatic events that Busza witnessed, as well as his living in a multicultural environment, have become a source of his later ambivalent attitude towards life in general. On the one hand, the remaining sense of unrootedness, as well as “hidden catastrophism” can be observed. On the other – this attitude is also marked by openness and positive cosmopolitism. The same ambivalence is expressed in Busza`s works in which Jerusalem is both his own city and the alien and dangerous one.

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