Preface . . i
Foreword . . v
Acknowledgements . . vii

Chapter 1 Introduction . . 1
Chronology of Tadeusz Konwicki's Life . . 17

Chapter 2 Konwicki Settling Accounts with Romanticism . . 29
The Romantic Tradition . . 45

Chapter 3 Socialist Realism by the Priest and the Jester . . 61
The Priest and the Jester . . 68
Writing as a Priest . . 69
Writing as a Jester . . 82

Chapter 4 Searching for the Past and the Home . . 91
Homeland without a Home . . 103
"Suffering From memory" . . 119
In Search of the Past . . 126
Love and Death . . 134
The Other - The Polish Jew in the Borderlands . . 153