TY  - BOOK
AU  - Żeromski,Stefan
AU  - Johnston,Bill
TI  - The Coming Spring
T2  - CEU Press Classics (formerly Central European Classics)
SN  - 9786155211300
AV  - PG7158.Z4 P7913 2007eb
U1  - 891.8/536 22
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - Budapest, New York : 
PB  - Central European University Press, 
KW  - Polish fiction
KW  - Polish literature
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Early 20th century, Fiction, Poland
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; A Genealogy --; Part One. Houses of Glass --; Part Two. Nawłoć --; Part Three. The Wind from the East; restricted access
N2  - The Coming Spring (Przedwiosnie), Zeromski's last novel, tells the story of Cezary Baryka, a young Pole who finds himself in Baku, Azerbaijan, then a predominantly Armenian city, as the Russian Revolution breaks out. He becomes embroiled in the chaos caused by the revolution, and barely escapes with his life. Then, he and his father set off on a horrendous journey west to reach Poland. His father dies en route, but Cezary makes it to the newly independent Poland. Cezary sees the suffering of the poor, yet his experiences in the newly formed Soviet Union make him suspicious of socialist and communist solutions. He is an outsider among both the gentry and the working classes, and he cannot find where he belongs. Furthermore, he has unsuccessful and tragic love relations. The novel ends when, despite his profound misgivings, he takes up political action on behalf of the poor. Zeromski, whose vivid, assured style is instantly recognizable, was a writer with a strong social conscience, taking up the concerns of the poor and downtrodden
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9786155211300
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9786155211300
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9786155211300/original
ER  -