Volcano and Miracle: A Selection from the Journal Written at Night

by Gustaw Herling-Grudziński

Book Overview

This kaleidoscopic collection of more than 100 journal entries from one of Poland's greatest living writers includes semifictional tales, based on historical sources, that mirror the fragility of the human life. Here also are brilliant critical pieces on Soviet Communism and figures such as Kafka, Mann, Camus, and Dostoevsky.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140236155
• ISBN13: 9780140236156
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.8"