Contributions

  • Illinois. University at Urbana-Champaign. Russian and East European Center. - Contributor
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Office of International Programs and Studies. - Contributor

Publication

1977 - University of Illinois Press, Urbana

Language

English

Word Count

111,750 words, Guess

Page Count

447 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL21422307M
  • ISBN-100252005724
  • OCLC Control Number2137159
  • Library of Congress Control Number76010760
  • LibraryThing400232
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  • Goodreads2322714

Classifications

  • LCCPZ3.W7813 In5

Description

This novel, the author's masterpiece, is one of the greatest expressions ever of the tortured intersection of political and personal destinies in Eastern Europe. Futuristic, experimental, and remarkably prophetic, the book traces the adventures of a young Pole whose own fate parallels the collapse of Western civilization following a Chinese communist invasion from the East. Written in 1927, Witkiewicz's novel presages the horrifying anti-utopian society that would become a reality for millions of Eastern Europeans in the late 1930s. Insatiability succeeds in conveying the catastrophic mood of that time - its malaise, its desires, its terrifying glimpse of the future.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Insatiability: a novel in two partsUniversity of Illinois Press1977-01-01

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