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Did the Devil Marek Really Exist? About Sergiusz Piasecki’sSiedem pigułek Lucyfera (Lucifer’s Seven Pills)
Wacław Lewandowski
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2060-232X
Wydział Humanistyczny Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu
Remembrance and Justice, Vol. 44 No. 2 (2024), pages: 78-90
Publication date: 2025-04-02
https://doi.org/10.48261/PIS244403
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Abstract
The article concerns the abovementioned novel about the adventures of the devil Marek in post-war Poland. The publishing history of the work and the conflict between the author and the publisher are discussed on the basis of the archival records. The status of genrefiction was considered — from the initial idea of reportage to a hybrid of a reportage novel, satire and political grotesque. A lot of attention has been paid to documentarian and authentic (or close to authentic) elements in the text. The status of the fantastic hero and the author’s conviction about the devilish nature of communism, expressed in the novel, were also considered. The views on the character of Piasecki’s work, established in the literature in the field, are presented and critically addressed. An analysis of the work was carried out, enabling to judge which of the events depicted by the writer were reported from his own experience. The existence of the novel’s main line was emphasized – conviction about the Polish nation’s aversion to communism, and fidelity to the idea of independence and sovereignty of Poland.
Keywords
Polska powojenna • diabeł • powieść reportażowa • satyra • groteska post-war Poland • devil • reportage novel • satire
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