{"product_id":"cosmos","title":"Cosmos","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMilan Kundera called Witold Gombrowicz \"one of the great novelists of our century.\" His most famous novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCosmos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the recipient of the 1967 International Prize for Literature, is now available in a critically acclaimed translation, for the first time directly from the Polish, by the award-winning translator Danuta Borchardt.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCosmos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a metaphysical noir thriller narrated by Witold, a seedy, pathetic, and witty student, who is charming and appalling by turns. On his way to a relaxing vacation he meets the despondent Fuks. As they set off together for a family-run pension in the Carpathian Mountains they discover a dead bird hanging from a string. Is this a strange but meaningless occurrence or is it the beginning of a string of bizarre events? As the young men become embroiled in the Chekhovian travails of the family running the pension, Grombrowicz creates a gripping narrative where the reader questions who is sane and who is safe?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003ePublished: 2011\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"doPublisherSearch\" href=\"https:\/\/ipage.ingramcontent.com\/ipage\/productdetail?queryString=H4sIAAAAAAAA_xXKuw5AQBSE4XeZWsHGZZ2SQiSodKIgSIQ4srsa4t0d3fdP5oGdQMuw29mDZQY5cwlPB0LGvEFsb5CKBLuMZVPU-L_itq1-nqCuCzyIcz6cWcfLsZFKE-1rXwVhFCuNvn8_Vh5SlW8AAAA\u0026amp;R=16302273#\"\u003eGrove Press\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePages: 208\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003eISBN 10: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e0802145620\u003cbr\u003eISBN 13: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e9780802145628\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gombrowicz, Witold","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53836113903882,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/files\/Screenshot2026-09-30at13.28.43.png?v=1790767742","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/cosmos","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}