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Do Rzymu przybywa z Polski syn adwokata kurialnego z misją od swojego ojca. Sprawa, którą ma załatwić jest prosta, lecz z chwilą gdy zostanie przedstawiona w Rzymie zostanie uruchomiony mechanizm obowiązujący w tym świecie. Wprawione zostają w ruch urzędowe tryby, które traktują człowieka jako coś podrzędnego. Niknie on ze swoją sprawą w tym świecie układów, domysłów, półprawd. Na koniec, nie wiadomo za pomocą jakich ukrytych sprężyn sprawa rozwiązuje się niepomyślnie dla ojca bohatera, lecz jest już za późno by móc zaapelować jej rozwiązanie. Na przykładzie Watykanu powieść pozwala zaobserwować styk aparatu władzy urzędniczej i świata zewnętrznego.
236 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1960
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About the author
Tadeusz Breza
9 booksTadeusz Breza (born December 31, 1905 in Szekerynce near Ostrog in Wołyń, died May 19, 1970 in Warsaw) - novelist and essayist, as well as a diplomat in the service of the Second Polish Republic and the Polish People's Republic.
He came from a landed gentry family, he was the nephew of Maria Jehanne Wielopolska. He passed his high school diploma in 1926, after graduating from the 1st Secondary School of General Karol Marcinkowski in Poznań, where he stayed with relatives. There he began law studies at the University of Poznań. Then he joined the Benedictine Order in the Belgian town of Lophen. After returning to Poland, he began studying philosophy at the University of Warsaw (he listened to lectures by, among others, W. Tatarkiewicz and T. Kotarbiński), which he then graduated from in London.
In the years 1929–1932 he stayed in England as the press secretary and attaché of the Polish embassy (thanks to which he had the opportunity to travel a lot around Europe). In the years 1933–1937 he worked in the Warsaw "Kurier Poranny". In the years 1937–1939 he headed the "Młody Teatr" founded by Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński.
During World War II, he was active in the resistance movement.
After the war, he collaborated with the literary press, first in Krakow and then in Warsaw (in the years 1946–1948 as a reviewer for the theater section of the “Odrowanie” magazine). In later years, he was a cultural advisor at the Polish embassy in Rome (1955–1959), and then in Paris (1961–1965).
In 1955 he was awarded the Order of the Banner of Labor, 2nd class.
He was the brother of the architects Achilles Breza and Helena Wierzbicka.
He was buried at the Powązki Military Cemetery (section 32A-2-7).
He made his debut in 1925 with a poem in the competition of young talents. At the beginning of his work, he was influenced by the then-fashionable psychological prose, debuting with the novel Adam Grywałd.
After the war, he was active in the field of political and social issues, criticizing the past and approvingly of the reality of the Polish People's Republic in Bierut. An expression of this were the novels of Jericho's Walls (the first prize of the Odrowaniec magazine) and Niebo i świat (Heaven and Earth), written during the occupation, ironically depicting the decline of pre-September Poland, as well as contemporary stories with a sensational background and propaganda overtones (Baltazar's Feast, Jokkmokk, In a trap). Thanks to this, in the post-war decade (despite the "Sanacja" past) he belonged to the group of writers who were approved and appreciated by the authorities, along with J. Andrzejewski, K. Brandys, Wł. Broniewski, J. Iwaszkiewicz, W. Żukrowski and others. He devoted his famous novel The Office, and the essayistic journal entitled The bronze gate. Roman notebook, which is the result of a stay in an institution in Italy. The result of the trip to Cuba were the sketches contained in the volume entitled Havana Letters, showing the country in a favorable light after the coup by Fidel Castro. For the last two works he received the highest award of the Minister of Culture and Art in 1962. Three of his works were adapted in the Polish People's Republic to film adaptations: Baltazar's Feast, The Office and Yokmok.
He came from a landed gentry family, he was the nephew of Maria Jehanne Wielopolska. He passed his high school diploma in 1926, after graduating from the 1st Secondary School of General Karol Marcinkowski in Poznań, where he stayed with relatives. There he began law studies at the University of Poznań. Then he joined the Benedictine Order in the Belgian town of Lophen. After returning to Poland, he began studying philosophy at the University of Warsaw (he listened to lectures by, among others, W. Tatarkiewicz and T. Kotarbiński), which he then graduated from in London.
In the years 1929–1932 he stayed in England as the press secretary and attaché of the Polish embassy (thanks to which he had the opportunity to travel a lot around Europe). In the years 1933–1937 he worked in the Warsaw "Kurier Poranny". In the years 1937–1939 he headed the "Młody Teatr" founded by Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński.
During World War II, he was active in the resistance movement.
After the war, he collaborated with the literary press, first in Krakow and then in Warsaw (in the years 1946–1948 as a reviewer for the theater section of the “Odrowanie” magazine). In later years, he was a cultural advisor at the Polish embassy in Rome (1955–1959), and then in Paris (1961–1965).
In 1955 he was awarded the Order of the Banner of Labor, 2nd class.
He was the brother of the architects Achilles Breza and Helena Wierzbicka.
He was buried at the Powązki Military Cemetery (section 32A-2-7).
He made his debut in 1925 with a poem in the competition of young talents. At the beginning of his work, he was influenced by the then-fashionable psychological prose, debuting with the novel Adam Grywałd.
After the war, he was active in the field of political and social issues, criticizing the past and approvingly of the reality of the Polish People's Republic in Bierut. An expression of this were the novels of Jericho's Walls (the first prize of the Odrowaniec magazine) and Niebo i świat (Heaven and Earth), written during the occupation, ironically depicting the decline of pre-September Poland, as well as contemporary stories with a sensational background and propaganda overtones (Baltazar's Feast, Jokkmokk, In a trap). Thanks to this, in the post-war decade (despite the "Sanacja" past) he belonged to the group of writers who were approved and appreciated by the authorities, along with J. Andrzejewski, K. Brandys, Wł. Broniewski, J. Iwaszkiewicz, W. Żukrowski and others. He devoted his famous novel The Office, and the essayistic journal entitled The bronze gate. Roman notebook, which is the result of a stay in an institution in Italy. The result of the trip to Cuba were the sketches contained in the volume entitled Havana Letters, showing the country in a favorable light after the coup by Fidel Castro. For the last two works he received the highest award of the Minister of Culture and Art in 1962. Three of his works were adapted in the Polish People's Republic to film adaptations: Baltazar's Feast, The Office and Yokmok.
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August 13, 2020
7.5/10
Kafka po polsku w Watykanie - szkoda że pod koniec wytraca nieco energię.
Kafka po polsku w Watykanie - szkoda że pod koniec wytraca nieco energię.
March 31, 2021
fajne, potem nudne.
September 1, 2021
Męcząca podobnie jak Proces
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