Janusz Glowacki (1938–2017)

It was horrible and great at the same time, I both hated and loved it, so I guess it did exactly what it was supposed to do. I didn't give it five stars, because, you know, I hated it - but it was really deeply moving.

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...… (más)

Good Night Dżerzi autorstwa znanego polskiego scenarzysty i dramaturga to zgrabnie napisana opowiesc, ktora ciezko byloby podsumowac jednym zdaniem. Glownym tematem jest zycie i skandale innego polskiego pisarza, Jerzego Kosinskiego, a prywatnie znajomego Glowackiego, a wlasciwie proba stworzenia z tych historii scenariusza filmowego poswieconego “Dzerziemu”. Jest to ponadto bardzo ciekawy obraz zycia Nowojorczykow oraz imigrantow (glownie Polakow i Rosjan) w Nowym Jorku kilka dekad temu. Osobiscie te ludzkie historie byly dla mnie najciekawsze w tej powiesci, napisane z duza wnikliwoscia i bardzo ciekawe, zroznicowane; porownalabym je nawet do tych w ksiazkach innego Nowojorczyka, Paula Austera.
Ogolnie ksiazka bardzo interesujaca, momentami skandaliczne zachowania Kosinskiego sa dosc ciezkostrawne, ale w sumie wyszla z tego bardzo ciekawa mieszanka.… (más)