Bacacay (short story collection)

Bacacay
1957 Polish edition
AuthorWitold Gombrowicz
Original titlePamiętnik z okresu dojrzewania
Bakakaj
TranslatorBill Johnston
LanguagePolish
Publication date
1933
Publication placePoland
Published in English
2004

Bacacay (Polish: Bakakaj) is a short story collection by the Polish writer Witold Gombrowicz. The stories were originally published in 1933, in an edition called Pamiętnik z okresu dojrzewania ("Memoirs from puberty" or lit. "Memoirs from the time of immaturity"), which was Gombrowicz's literary debut. In 1957 it was re-released as Bakakaj, and included five additional stories.