Insatiability

Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885-1939) was a Polish novelist, poet, and playwright.Louis Iribarne is a professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Toronto. He has translated several works by Polish writers such as Gombrowicz, Milosz, and Schulz.

• Part One: The AwakeningThe AwakeningSoirée at the Princess di Ticonderoga's A Visit with TenzerA Visit to Prince Basil's RetreatSexphyxiationThe Return, or Life and DeathDemonismDomestic Affairs and DestinyPart Two: InsanitySchoolA Meeting and Its ConsequencesA Repeat PerformanceA Commander's Thoughts and the Little Theater of Quintofron CrepuscoloTorchures and the Debut of the "Gent from Below"A Battle and Its ConsequencesThe Final MetamorphosisThe Wedding NightThe Last ConvulsionNotes

"Magnificent." --Susan Sontag|"There were three of us; Witkiewicz, Bruno Schulz, and myself--the three muskateers of the Polish avant-garde between the wars. Only Witkiewicz remains to be discovered." --Witold Gombrowicz