"First published in Polish in 1969 by Wydawnictwo Literackie KrakoĢw as Azbidie ciotki"--Title page verso.
Summary:
"A young university student named Jurek, with no particular ambitions or talents, finds himself with nothing to do. After his doting aunt asks the young man to perform a small chore, he decides to kill her for no good reason other than, perhaps, boredom. Killing Auntie follows Jurek as he seeks to dispose of the corpse--a task more difficult than one might imagine--and then falls in love with a girl he meets on a train. Can he tell her what he's done? Will that ruin everything? "I'm convinced--simply--that we are all guilty," says Jurek, and his adventures with nearsighted relatives, false-toothed grandmothers, meat grinders, and love-making lynxes shed light on how an entire society becomes involved in the murder and disposal of dear old Auntie. This is a short comedic masterpiece that combines elements of Dostoevsky, Sartre, Kafka, and Heller, coming together in the end to produce an unforgettable tale of murder and--just maybe--redemption"--Page 4 of cover.
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