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Summary: A relic of the Cold War
Review: I enjoyed this book a great deal and was fascinated by it as well. The Cold War seems so far away now, and this book captures the feel of the vague, aimless, crumbling, exhausting Eastern bloc so well. It's not a frivolous book at all, but is still quite funny in the same way that Joseph Heller and Kurt Vonnegut were. I just wish I understood all the cultural references. ...
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Summary: Most Amazing Book
Review: The thing that separates most Polish authors from other Western authors is the sense of responsibility they bring to writing. Minor Apocalypse is a prime example of this. Konwicki's use of self-reference and surrealism is not only breath-taking and provoking, it allows him to make very bold (for the time) comments on post-war Poland and the machinery of politics, propoganda, and activism. You follow the author around on what might be his last day on Earth and in that day he lives an enitre lifetime. He forms and breaks friendships, he falls in and out of love (within a few paragraphs), he is awoken and handed his destiny. But most of all, this book, while profound, is very funny. You will find yourself laughing at the ridiculousness of it all...
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Summary: An Incredable Novel.
Review: This incredable novel can be easily treated as a highlight of the late 1970s Polish political prose. It exposes human being and his situation in the realm of essential individual and private, but also social and historical decisions. "A Minor Apocalypse" exposes questions of loneliness, death, meaning of individual struggle with the political system; specific type of love and human passion; meanders of life; meanig of art; alcoholism... A great prose!
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