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Can anyone recommend me the best of Polish literature?

I've been trying to learn some of the language and learning through books is usually most optimal for me.

I don't mind if the books are or are not translated into English.

>> No.5129503

>>5129501
Read German Literature.

>> No.5129512

stuff by Witold Gombrowicz

>> No.5129516

The Tin Drum (oh snap!)

>> No.5129519

Pan Tadeusz, kurwa.

Really underrated national Epic, in that it's never really discussed.

>> No.5129521

>>5129512
This. Thread/ (just about to recommend him). Although I am slightly biased because I did my undergrad and masters thesis on him

>> No.5129537

>>5129503
yeah nah thx.

>>5129512
>>5129521
Thanks will do. My gf recommended him too so I'll give it a go.

>>5129519
Thanks, added to the list. I'll see if it truly is an epic

>> No.5129567

Stanislaw Lem, specifically Solaris.

>> No.5129568

>>5129501
Poem for Adults

>> No.5129572

Czesław Miłosz
Bruno Schulz
Tadeusz Borowski

>> No.5129590

>>5129537
Pan Tadeusz is a cool poem that's venerated as an immensely important piece of national literature (though the first lines are Litwo! Ojczyzno moja! kek), taking place before Napoleon invades Russia.

Talking of Polish Napoleon lit, add Jan Potocki's The Manuscript Found in Saragossa. It kinda defies summary, it's best calling it the Polish Decameron.

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5129603

>>5129501

anything not written by Lem is crap

poland can't write for shit, just read russian if you want slav or german if you want to see cultura progress of the west

>> No.5129639

>>5129603
You've never read a Polish author other than Lem have you.
Sure, Polan hasn't been as prolific in creating classic literature like Germoney or Russia, but there are a few gems worth seeking out.

>> No.5129642

>>5129603
Bloody retarded. Polish Romantiscism is easly one of best country-specific and country-centered romantic periods. So fertile. Anything by any of Three Bards (especially Słowacki) is worth reading + Norwid's poetry.

>>5129512

I don't recommend Gombrowicz tho.

>> No.5129650

>>5129642
>I don't recommend Gombrowicz tho.
Kill yourself.

>> No.5129681

>>5129642
>>5129639

>muh emotions and idiotic petty issues that are spread over to 2k pages

romanticism is disgusting in itself

why don't you follow your sturm und drang hero and kill yourself like he did

>> No.5129710

>>5129681
"idiotic petty issues"
yea, nah m8, read Jerzy Kosiński's The Painted Bird, and come back when you have a better argument

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5129733

How can a nation that produced such feels have so little worthwhile literature?

>> No.5129850

>>5129733
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_literature

It's greatly overlooked.

>>5129681
Emotions are soul's gateway and romantic authors knew a lot about human's psyche, even in a psychological sense. Romantiscism is an aesthetic experiance primarly and I get why insensitive people can't comprehend it.

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5131399

>no one mentions Sapkowski

Seriously, if you want to learn the language, read something current. I know it's funny that I would mention fantasy here, but it's full of good dialogues and interesting wordplay while being written in modern language.

>> No.5131430

>>5131399
I loved the witcher games so I'll try the books. Thanks

>> No.5131458

Polish Romantic literature is one of the coolest things ever. Romanticism is often associated with Nationalism, obviously, but Poland was finally eaten by the Partitions right as the Romantic period dawned, so their literature was the primary vehicle of not only Polish nationalism, but the birth of nationalism and even the idea of a Polish nation itself. You can basically watch the century-long evolution of the self-consciousness that was finally born in the 20th century.

Some of the forms it took were really interesting, like Sienkiewicz's historical fiction, especially his Trilogy.

Might be a bit beyond a new learner but still worth keeping in mind.

>> No.5131515

Witold Gombrowicz and Stanislaw Lem definietly. As for pre-20th Century, I didn't like anything much, you may try to read "The Doll" by Boleslaw Prus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Doll_%28novel%29

>> No.5131541

>>5129501
just go with the middle/high school required reading

>> No.5131548

>>5129572
This guy's got it

>> No.5131556

>>5131458
Yeah I've almost read With Fire and Sword and love the way it's written

>> No.5131972

Try heart of darkness ;)

>> No.5131985

nie wiem

>> No.5132010

Stanisław Lem
Aleksander Fredro (Śluby Panieńskie and Zemsta)
Adam Mickiewicz (poetry, Pan Tadeusz and Konrad Wallenrod)
Julian Tuwim (poetry)
Kazimierz Wierzyński (poetry)
Daniel Naborowski (baroque poetry)
Jan Andrzej Morsztyn (Baroque poetry)
Jan Kochanowski (renaissance poetry)
Słowacki
Gombrowicz
Leśmian
Bruno Schultz
Reymont
Bolesław Prus

Those are classics, now it's time for something contemporary:
Świetlicki (poetry, he's also written some novels, but i haven't read them)
Sapkowski if you like fantasy
Szymborska (poetry)
Bursa (poetry)

>> No.5132238

>>5132010
thank you! comprehensive list there

>> No.5132503

>>5132010

>no Norwid, Krasiński, Krasicki, Herbert or Hoene-Wroński
>still included Schultz, Lesmann or Gombrowicz

ya might be a jude son

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5132547

>>5129501
May I hijack your thread?

Could someone recommend Czech literature, prosím? I took some lessons last year and am eager to read some czech books.

>> No.5132674

>>5132547
The Good Soldier Švejk