Antologija poljske pripovijetke XX stoljeća
The anthology, edited and translated by Zdravko Malić, a leading Croatian Polish scholar and founder of the Polish Language Department at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Zagreb, represents a key selection of Polish short fiction from the 20th century.
Malić promotes Croatian-Polish literary ties through selection and precise translations, introducing Yugoslav readers to the diversity of Polish literature.
The authors represented cover a wide spectrum: Władysław Stanisław Reymont (Nobel laureate in 1924, rural realism), Maria Dąbrowska (feminine view of society), Witold Gombrowicz (absurdity and satire, pp. 125–140), and probably Stefan Żeromski, Bruno Schulz (mystical modernism), Tadeusz Borowski (Holocaust and war traumas), Sławomir Mrożek (satirical criticism of socialism) and Olga Tokarczuk (later postmodernism). The stories cross eras: pre-war naturalism, interwar avant-garde, war testimonies and post-war existential reflections.
In the introduction, Malić emphasizes the evolution of the Polish short story from folk motifs to intellectual depths, reflecting historical turbulence – occupation, communism, dissident voices. The work highlights universal themes: identity, suffering, love, power, and freedom, making it a bridge between cultures.
One copy is available
