Romanowiczowa Zofia- Skrytki [Literary Institute, Paris 1980] (psychological novel)

Paris 1980/ Institute of Literature/13.5x21.5cm/s.200/ softcover, publisher/ good+ condition, block gently offset, upper and lower page edges soiled

First edition

Book dedicated to Tymon Terlecki

Caches is the story of a married couple whose child, after several years of normal development, falls into autism, stops communicating with the environment, including with his distraught parents, regresses in development to a vegetative state. Despite attempts at treatment and therapy, the boy's condition continues to deteriorate, resulting in the need to place him in a nursing home. The plot of the novel takes place over the course of several weeks and centers around a married couple's departure for their annual vacation

Caches is widely regarded as a psychological novel, with a great deal of realism and even naturalism. Unlike Romanowiczowa's other novels, Caches contains a great deal of descriptions of urban and rural landscapes, scenes from the lives of local residents. The work also shows some parabolic features, becoming a travesty of the Exile from Paradise, a parable about the sources of evil and the meaning of suffering.