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Stanisław Witkiewicz : Matejko

' In Konrad's [sic] "little corner" in the living room one more book appeared on his table: Witkiewicz's "Matejko". It had been sent by my sister [Aniela Zagorska] for Janek [John Conrad] and Konrad had put it there. One evening he took it to his room and began looking through it. I was sitting quietly in the corner of the sofa. For a long time he was turning over the pages. Suddenly he spoke up: "What an amazing unity of expression there is in his works. Et quelle grandeur! Even when depicting tragic moments he primarily sees their majesty."

[The writer then describes Conrad and his younger son examining and commenting on the book together.]

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Conrad      Print: Book

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