 | |
| Author | Witold Gombrowicz |
|---|---|
| Translator | Danuta Borchardt |
| Cover artist | Bruno Schulz |
| Language | Polish |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Towarzystwo Wydawnicze "Rój", Warsaw (1st ed); Harcourt, Brace and World (New York 1961); Yale University Press (2000) |
Publication date | Oct 1937 (1st ed dated 1938) |
| Publication place | Poland |
Published in English | 1961 (1st US ed), Aug 2000 (new translation) |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover & trade paperback) |
| Pages | 281pp (YUP ed) |
| ISBN | 0-300-08240-1 (YUP pb), ISBN 0-7145-3403-X (2005 UK pb) |
| OCLC | 43114995 |
| 891.8/5273 21 | |
| LC Class | PG7158.G669 F4713 2000 |
Ferdydurke is a novel by the Polish writer Witold Gombrowicz, published in 1937. It was his first and most controversial novel.[1]
The book has been described as a "cult novel".[2]
- ^ Hanjo Berressem (1998). Lines of Desire: Reading Gombrowicz's Fiction with Lacan. Northwestern University Press. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-8101-1309-1.
- ^ Magda Romanska (1 October 2014). The Post-traumatic Theatre of Grotowski and Kantor: History and Holocaust in ‘Akropolis’ and ‘Dead Class’. Anthem Press. p. 215. ISBN 978-1-78308-321-3.