ANDRZEJEWSKI Jerzy - Ashes and diamonds. A novel. 1st ed.

ANDRZEJEWSKI Jerzy - Ashes and diamonds. A novel. Warsaw 1948; Czytelnik. 8, s. 334, [1]. Half-canvas binding of period, booklet cover glued to binding. The Good Book Club, no. 1.
Good condition. Owner's signature. Issue I. Melania Kierczynska criticized the novel in the pages of "Kuźnica": "The domination of the sinister actions of the underground [...] over the rationale of the opposing side, which either do not come to the fore at all in the novel, or are closed within the boundaries of the abstract humanitarianism of 'faith in man' (Marcin), or are presented as the rationale of only one doctrine (Szczuka) - constitutes, among other things, the wrongful climate of the novel" (quoted in M. Fik "Polish Culture after Yalta", London 1989, pp. 95-96). The novel, which is an important voice in the discussion of the place of recent conspirators in the new post-war reality. The original text of the work appeared in excerpts in episodes in "Odrodzenie" (as "Immediately After the War", printing was discontinued), the book edition - significantly revised - was published in February 1948.