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"The Pole" is the story of Witold Walczikiewicz, a seventy-year-old Polish pianist who falls in love with Beatriz, a much younger woman, the elegant wife of a banker and a patron of the arts, who helps organize a recital for him in Barcelona.
Initially, Beatriz is not impressed by Witold, but his relentless pursuit inevitably draws her into the world of the artist. As he sends her letters, makes countless travel proposals, and even visits her husband's country house in Mallorca, their unlikely relationship blossoms.
At first, this seems to happen on her own terms, yet the power play between them is much more complex. Does Beatriz limit their passion by controlling her feelings? Or is Witold trying to impose his own dream of love on her?
The passage of time, love, what we manage to grasp — and especially what eludes us — from art, from another language, from another existence, in a compelling work that provokes an "endless palette of emotions, from blind love to compassion," as El Pais wrote.
Rich and captivating. Coetzee’s ability to render the human condition in all its facets is more masterful than ever.
Emphasizing the fundamental influences of music and language, "The Pole" unequivocally confirms the often enigmatic relationships between art, love, and the human experience.
Manufacturer
- Author
- J. M. Coetzee
- Publisher
- Dioptra
- Original Title
- El Polaco
- Publishers
- Dioptra
- Type
- Social
- Subtitle
- -
- Cover
- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 168
- Release Date
- 10/2023
- Publication Date
- 2023
- Dimensions
- 14x20.5 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9786182203675
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