Andrzeja Stasiuka przestrzenne doświadczenie Nicości.
Zapiski z wyprawy mongolskiej

Abstract

The topic of this article is a description of the experience of spacial Nothingness that occurred during Andrzej Stasiuk’s trip to Mongolia in summer 2010. He presented this experience to his readers in two reports published in „Tygodnik Powszechny” in February and March 2011. The author of this article distinguishes between Stasiuk’s different interpretations of Nothingness. He examines Stasiuk’s reports on his Asian trip against the criteria of so­called ‘modern travelling’ (MacCannel, Wieczorkiewicz). The author of the article concludes that the types of Nothingness described by Stasiuk lead to a mystic experience of the kind that was described by Jacek Bolewski as an apophatic one („Nic jak Bóg”).

Keywords

• travel
• Andrzej Stasiuk
• nothingness
• death
• mystic experience of God
• history of Mongolia