{"product_id":"tak-jak-ksiezyc-poetycki-zywot-jerzego-harasymowicza","title":"Like the Moon. The Poetic Life of Jerzy Harasymowicz","description":"\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(192, 67, 42);\"\u003eAlan Weiss\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Tak jak księżyc. Poetycki żywot Jerzego Harasymowicza” (Like the Moon. The Poetic Life of Jerzy Harasymowicz) is a narrative biography of one of the most important (today, practically forgotten) lyric poets of the great formation of Polish poetry, who entered the scene of our culture in the breakthrough year of 1956. Alan Weiss meticulously, reliably, and with attention to the literary qualities of his debut book, tells the story of a borderland writer, discovering and at the same time constructing his multicultural identity, not only on the margins of the mainstream social life of his era, but also – against the current of popular political and artistic trends. The biography is richly documented with materials from numerous institutional archives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo less significant were the conversations held with several dozen people associated with Jerzy Harasymowicz. All of this creates a multifaceted portrait of a forgotten poet, or at best, one known only in circles of landscape poetry enthusiasts. In \"Tak jak księżyc,\" critical judgments that have clung to Harasymowicz’s work are verified. They are confronted with newly discovered materials and presented against the historical and social background of the second half of the 20th century. Alan Weiss’s book, with attention, insight, and vigor, brings closer the figure and work of this forgotten classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The author's meticulousness in establishing facts and gathering materials is commendable […]. Contrary to what the book's title might suggest, it is not hagiographic in nature, although the author does not hide his sympathy for his protagonist. It reads with great interest, as Weiss writes with literary flair and does not muddy the narrative with overly deep text analyses.\" - Prof. Dr. Hab. Janusz Degler\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeiss does not attempt to judge Harasymowicz's life choices, nor does he seek a definitive verdict on the aesthetic evolution of his writing – rather, he meticulously gathers data and incisively analyzes the consequences for existential and creative choices. We thus see a poignant image of a child entering life in the terrifying era of World War II, the depressing youth of an isolated poet, incapable of the collective forms of life of the totalitarian era – a man finding his place in extensive poetry, which, after the discredit of socialist realism, briefly became a space of relative freedom for an individual, apolitical existence focused on expressing intimate experiences of both inner and natural landscapes.\" - Dr. Hab. Jarosław Fazan\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"tajnekomplety","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53552002793810,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"PLN","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1018\/8609\/9794\/files\/Takjakksiezyc.jpg?v=1779617042","url":"https:\/\/tajnekomplety.pl\/en\/products\/tak-jak-ksiezyc-poetycki-zywot-jerzego-harasymowicza","provider":"tajnekomplety","version":"1.0","type":"link"}