Title: Postal indiscretions : the correspondence of Tadeusz Borowski /
Authors: Borowski, Tadeusz, 1922-1951.; Drewnowski, Tadeusz.; Nitecki, Alicia, 1942-
Publisher: Northwestern University Press,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Borowski, Tadeusz, Correspondence.; Authors, Polish Correspondence.; Holocaust survivors Poland Correspondence.
Abstract: "In a brief life traumatically disrupted by two years in concentration camps as a political prisoner, Tadeusz Borowski (1922-51) was destined to become one of the most eloquent witnesses to the Holocaust in Poland. His recollections and stories, the most famous of which is "This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen," document in stark historical, literary, and personal terms the experience of the camps and their cost to humanity." "Borowski's correspondence, collected here for the first time in English, continues these themes, providing insights into his published work and the world of letters he inhabited. Especially poignant are his outpourings to his fiancee, Tuska (Maria Rundo); their long separation and eventual reunion play out against the aftermath of the Holocaust in postwar Poland and East Germany." "The volume opens with Borowski's letter to his mother from Pawiak Prison the day after his arrest in 1943 and closes with an unsigned telegram informing his parents of a sudden illness, actually his suicide. The letters to and from family members, friends, and literary figures offer an indispensable picture of the world in the wake of the Nazis - and of the indelible stain that experience left upon the literature, politics, and life of Eastern Europe, in particular upon one gifted and doomed writer."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: Translator's Preface -- Note to the Reader on Polish Names -- Introduction -- I. February 25, 1943-August 12, 1944, Pawiak and Auschwitz -- II. May 1945-May 31, 1946, Munich, Maria Rundo Letters -- III. June 1946-June 1949, Warsaw -- IV. June 1949-July 3, 1951, Berlin and Warsaw -- Appendix A: Letters from the private collection of the family of Anatol Girs -- Appendix B: Biographical sketch of Tadeusz Borowski -- Appendix C: Biographical information on correspondents and those mentioned in correspondence.