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A collection of short stories by Witold Gombrowicz translated from the Polish by Bill Johnston.

First published in 1957 in Poland, Bacacay is a collection of twelve short stories by Witold Gombrowicz (1904-1968), one of the major European literary figures of the 20th century. Stunningly original in both style and content, these stories are often hilarious yet have an undercurrent of profound moral disquiet and horror when the respectable turns slowly but inexorably into the outrageous, conveying both the horrors of upper-class life and the deepest anguish of the human condition. Gombrowicz has perfect pitch for language; he revels in linguistic play, combining words in the most brilliant and extraordinary ways. Here, he creates an utterly unique universe of words in which his characters are embroiled. The commonplace and the everyday are juxtaposed with the bizarre and unsettling to make a world in which unspeakable subconscious urges have a habit of poking through the surface of ordinary life, forever altering it forever. Bacacay constitutes a remarkable contribution to world literature.