num_pages: 275
description: First published in 1957 in Poland, Bacacay is a collection of twelve short stories by Witold Gombrowicz (1904-1968), one of the major European literary figures of the 20th century. Stunningly original in both style and content, these stories are often hilarious yet with an undercurrent of profound moral disquiet and horror when the respectable turns slowly but inexorably into the outrageous, conveying both the horrors of upper-class life and the deepest anguish of the human condition.
language: English
title: Bacacay
titlecomplete: Bacacay
genres: 20th Century, Short Stories, Short Story Collection, Polish Literature, Poland, Literature, Collections, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 1055
publisher: Archipelago