Parandowski Jan, The Alchemy of Words [1st ed.] [Half hardcover].

Parandowski Jan, Alchemia of the Word, publ. by Gebethner and Wolff, printing by Praska Spółdzielnia Pracy Drukarzy i Introligatorów, Warsaw 1951 [1950], 1st edition, p. 365, dimensions 15 x 21 cm. Cover and wrapper design by Kazimierz Holewiński. Foreign dedication on the title page. Contemporary half-leather made in the workshop of Suszek Books.

An erudite essay on the writing workshop of different eras by Jan Parandowski. This is a book devoted to various aspects of the creation of literature. Among other things, the author cites the biographies of established writers and the worries that their lives brought them, including complicated relations with publishers and sponsors. The essence of the book is the message about the role of literature in human life. Jan Parandowski (1895 - 1978) - Polish writer, essayist and translator of literature, author of Mythology, Olympic medalist (1936), twice nominated for the Nobel Prize in literature (1957, 1959).