Janusz Glowacki (1938–2017)
Author of Hunting Cockroaches
About the Author
Janusz Glowacki was born in Poznan, Poland on September 13, 1938. He received a master's degree in Polish literature from the University of Warsaw. He was a playwright, novelist and screenwriter. His plays included Cinders, Hunting Cockroaches, Antigone in New York, and The Fourth Sister. His show more novels included Give Us This Day. He wrote the screenplay for Andrzej Wajda's 1969 film Hunting Flies and 2013 film Walesa: Man of Hope. In 2010, he received the Czeslaw Milosz Award, presented annually by the United States Embassy in Poland to recognize contributions toward furthering relations between the two countries. He died on August 19, 2017 at the age of 78. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Janusz Glowacki
Paradiis : [jutustus] 4 copies
Opowiadania wybrane 3 copies
Hunting Flies and Other Stories 3 copies
The New La-ba-da Dance 2 copies
Home Section 1 copy
Dzień słodkiej śmierci 1 copy
W nocy gorzej widać 1 copy
Fortinbras Gets Drunk 1 copy
Wirowka nonsensu 1 copy
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- Birthdate
- 1938
- Date of death
- 2017-08-19
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Polen
- Birthplace
- Posen, Polen
- Occupations
- Schriftsteller
Dramtiker
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This collection has three plays. The first, Cinders, is a bleak, darkly humorous exploration of authoritarianism in communist Poland. The second, Hunting Cockroaches, is a tired and unsatisfying riff on the immigrant-intellectual story. The last, Fortinbras Gets Drunk, is the best of the three. It runs in parallel to the events in Hamlet; Norway is now an authoritarian regime a la USSR, and Denmark is one of its satellites. It is extremely funny, dark, and witty.
The title is _Z glowy_, which means _Out of My Head_, and is a mixture of essays and a memoir. It's erudite, swift and funny. An absolute pleasure to read. The author's last name means 'heady', too, so it's a bit of a pun with the title.
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- Works
- 31
- Also by
- 1
- Members
- 137
- Popularity
- #149,084
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 4
- ISBNs
- 45
- Languages
- 8
Classical "Antigone" is generally a story of a girl, who is trying to bury her dead brother. This book tells a similar story: there is a group of homeless people in the park, a crazy woman and two men. One morning they find out, that their friend John died, so the woman decides that he should be buried in the park, next to his friends.
I didn't like any of the characters in this play, I didn't like the story, I hated the ending - and still, I think it was a very good book, moving and thought-provoking, and I'm very happy that I decided to read it.
From my blog: https://dominikasreadingchallenge.blogspot.com/2019/05/antigone-in-new-york-by-j...… (more)