The Marriage: A Play.

New York, NY Grove Press, 1969. Paperback First Edition (1969); First Printing, So Stated. This is an Evergreen Original, the true first American edition. First Edition (1969); First Printing, So Stated. This is an Evergreen Original, the true first American edition. Very Good in Wraps: shows indications of careful use: light wear to extremities; mild rubbing and faintest soiling to wrapper covers; some faint foxing ato the top edge; a price has been neatly blocked out at the upper corner of the rear panel and another at the lower corner of the front panel; an extremely faint crease near the upper rear corner; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any creases to the backstrip. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing mild wear and minor, unobtrusive cosmetic imperfections. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8 x 5.35 x 0.55 inches). 158 pages. Introduction by Jan Kott. Translated from the Polish by Louis Iribarne. Language: English. Weight: 7.4 ounces. E-482. Trade Paperback. Witold Gombrowicz (1904 – 1969) was a Polish writer and playwright. His works are characterised by deep psychological analysis, a certain sense of paradox and absurd, anti-nationalist flavor. In 1937 he published his first novel, Ferdydurke, which presented many of his usual themes: problems of immaturity and youth, creation of identity in interactions with others, and an ironic, critical examination of class roles in Polish society and culture. He gained fame only during the last years of his life, but is now considered one of the foremost figures of Polish literature. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1966. In Slub (The Marriage), written just after the war, Gombrowicz used the form of Shakespeare's and Calderón’s theatre. He also critically undertook the theme of the romantic theatre (Zygmunt Krasinski, Juliusz Slowacki) and portrayed a new concept of power and a human being created by other people.