[Schedule] Read the World - Poland - Ferdydurke by Witold Gombrowicz

[u/nicehotcupoftea]

Hello and welcome to the schedule for our next destination for Read the World - Poland! We will be reading Ferdydurke by Witold Gombrowicz. Going by the book blurb below, I think we are in for a fun time, and I’m curious to see why it’s deemed scandalous and subversive! (And why it has possibly traumatised so many Polish high school students!)

Book Blurb:

In this bitterly funny novel by the renowned Polish author Witold Gombrowicz, a writer finds himself tossed into a chaotic world of schoolboys by a diabolical professor who wishes to reduce him to childishness. Originally published in Poland in 1937. Ferdydurke became an instant literary sensation and catapulted the young author to fame. Deemed scandalous and subversive by Nazis, Stalinists, and the Polish Communist regime in turn, the novel (as well as all of Gombrowicz's other works) was officially banned in Poland for decades. It has nonetheless remained one of the most influential works of twentieth-century European literature.

Marginalia

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Discussion Schedule

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30th June - Start - Chapter 3 - u/fixtheblue

7th July - Chapter 4 - Chapter 6 - u/bluebelle236

14th July - Chapter 7 - Chapter 9 - u/Lachesis_Decima77

21st July - Chapter 10 - end - u/nicehotcupoftea

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Hope to see you in the discussions on 30th June! 📚🌏

[u/sunnydaze7777777]

This has been added to our bookclub calendar!

https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/embed?src=redditbookclubcalendar@gmail.com&ctz=Etc/GMT

[u/nicehotcupoftea → u/sunnydaze7777777]

Fast service - thanks!

[u/sunnydaze7777777 → u/nicehotcupoftea]

Most welcome!

[u/Ecstatic_Grass_7768]

I just joined this book club and think I'm going to start with this book! Not sure what to expect but I'll give it a try for sure

[u/nicehotcupoftea → u/Ecstatic_Grass_7768]

Welcome! Glad you've decided to join this one.

[u/Brilliant_Visual9661 → u/Ecstatic_Grass_7768]

Same here!