PANASIEWICZ ROBERT The Awakening of Stach (Dedication by the Author)

Łódź 2017, Rozpisani.pl, p. 396, form. 14.5 x 20.5, softcover, condition: as new, cover design by Sylvie Blair.

The author of the novel, Robert Panasiewicz, was born and raised in Poland, from where he emigrated to Australia in 1991. Trained as a geologist, he now works professionally in finance as an employee of the Government of Western Australia. He lives in Perth with his wife and daughter. He has been fascinated by literature from an early age, and made his first attempts at writing while studying in Krakow. His work includes his debut novel Saul, published in 2004 by the Polish-Australian Cultural Society.

Doesn't the role of literature come down, according to current trends, to satisfying the needs of the mass reader looking for light and cheap entertainment? The literary currents accompanying the rise of liberal capitalism and geared toward easy consumption seem to answer this question in the affirmative. The novel The Awakening of Stach illustrates a different point of view. In addition to its philosophical content and subversiveness in the context of scientific interpretation of reality, the work is also distinguished by its artistic qualities, which are capable of satisfying picky reading tastes.