Cosmos

Milan Kundera called Witold Gombrowicz one of the great novelists of our century. His most famous novel <i>Cosmos</i> the recipient of the 1967 International Prize for Literature is now available in a critically acclaimed translation for the first time directly from the Polish by the award-winning translator Danuta Borchardt. <p/><i>Cosmos</i> is a metaphysical noir thriller narrated by Witold a seedy pathetic and witty student who is charming and appalling by turns. On his way to a relaxing vacation he meets the despondent Fuks. As they set off together for a family-run pension in the Carpathian Mountains they discover a dead bird hanging from a string. Is this a strange but meaningless occurrence or is it the beginning of a string of bizarre events? As the young men become embroiled in the Chekhovian travails of the family running the pension Grombrowicz creates a gripping narrative where the reader questions who is sane and who is safe?