KRZYSZTOŃ Jerzy - Madness (1st edition)

Suggestive and unforgettable, the semi-autobiographical novel, whose protagonist suffers from schizophrenia, was published after the author's suicide and is his best work. Krzysztoń wrote it while being treated in a psychiatric hospital. "Madness itself is a destruction or an unexplained game of fears, despair, trepidation and anguish, although in this gehenna there are enlightenments. Illuminations. Flashes so improbable, as if the mystery of creation is opening up to man! And he himself feels counted among the great initiates...".

But "Madness" is not just a study of mental illness - it is also a collection of bitter reflections on modern man and the world. The novel consists of three parts: "Tracked and entrapped," "Tied to the mast," and "Moon over Epidaurus."

Published by the State Publishing Institute, 1980.
Format: 195 x 120 mm, 1000 pages.

Complete in very nice condition.

First edition.