(Nie)odwracalnie pusty los? O Święcie szpitalnym Andrzeja Buszy
An (Ir)redeemably Empty Lot: Andrzej Busza’s about Święto szpitalne

Author(s): Agnieszka Nęcka
Subject(s): Polish Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: hospital; totalitarism; illness; absurdity; Kafka;
Summary/Abstract: The subject of the article is Andrzej Busza’s Kafkaesque story, about Święto szpitalne. It describes the conflict of the individual with an anonymous system, the absurdity of existence, the sense of menace and uncertainty, as well as a situation which disturbs the established order and everyday monotony. The protagonist and narrator is Andrzej Busza, a conscientious male nurse, who becomes sick and tired of his occupation and increasingly critical of the authoritarian hospital system. Like Susan Sontag, Busza seems to treat illness as a polysemous metaphor. Incarcerated in an inhumane system and surrounded by callous indifference to suffering, the protagonist rebels hysterically and pointlessly. Nęcka relates the story to some of the pervasive themes of Busza’s writing: pessimism, sense of alienation, inability to cope with inner division.

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