 Title page of Rękopis znaleziony w Saragossie (Polish translation), 1847 | |
| Author | Jan Potocki |
|---|---|
| Original title | Manuscrit trouvé à Saragosse |
| Translator | Edmund Chojecki Ian Maclean |
| Language | French |
| Genre | Picaresque novel; fantastique |
| Publisher | Księgarnia Zagraniczna in Leipzig (first Polish edition) |
Publication date | 1805, 1813, 1847 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback and Paperback) |
The Manuscript Found in Saragossa (French: Manuscrit trouvé à Saragosse; also known in English as The Saragossa Manuscript) is a frame-tale novel written in French at the turn of 18th and 19th centuries by the Polish author Count Jan Potocki (1761–1815). It is narrated from the time of the Napoleonic Wars, and depicts events several decades earlier,[1][2] during the reign of King Philip V (r. 1700–46).[3]
The novel was adapted into a 1965 Polish-language film, The Saragossa Manuscript (Polish: Rękopis znaleziony w Saragossie), by director Wojciech Has, with Zbigniew Cybulski as Alfonse van Worden.
From May 2024, a manuscript covering Days 41–51 of the novel is presented at a permanent exhibition in the Palace of the Commonwealth in Warsaw.[4][5]
- ^ Count Jan Potocki: The Saragossa Manuscript. Book review by Anthony Campbell (2001). Retrieved September 22, 2011.
- ^ The Mystical Count Potocki. Fortean Times. Retrieved September 22, 2011.
- ^ Potocki, Jan (1966) The Saragossa Manuscript; transl. from French by Elizabeth Abbott. London: Icon Books; p. 9
- ^ "Palace of the Commonwealth open to visitors". National Library of Poland. 2024-05-28. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
- ^ Makowski, Tomasz; Sapała, Patryk, eds. (2024). The Palace of the Commonwealth. Three times opened. Treasures from the National Library of Poland at the Palace of the Commonwealth. Warsaw: National Library of Poland. p. 132.