Ojciec odchodzi

Abstract

Umarł mi. Notatnik żałoby by Inga Iwasiów is under many respects a book related to the acclaimed Matka odchodzi by Tadeusz Różewicz. Both reports are very personal, carefully avoid cultural clichés, getting around the funereal literary canon. They describe passing away as a transitive action experienced by those who outlive the dying one. Notwithstanding the fact that they both give a detailed account of the personal situation – indeed: each individual, alone, must find a way to overwork mourning – Umarł mi by Iwasiów and Matka odchodzi by Różewicz sketch a universal psychological portrait of a human being vis a vis last things. Yet, we must remark that as a scholar previously specialized in inexpressibility Iwasiów is in this book outspoken.

Keywords

• report
• death
• experience
• notebook
• loss
• mourning