Polish Literature in English Reading Group – May 2026

The Polish Complex, Tadeusz Konwicki, 1977 (1984), 211 pp. Surrealist Novel

This novel was translated into English within a few years of being published and presages conditions in Poland in the 1980s (or reflects those that already existed).  A mixture of surrealism and the absurdity of the everyday, through which we will revisit what we thought we knew about Poland and the forging of Polishness through the fire of suffering.  Where possible we will compare with the surrealism of Witkacy from the previous month.

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