Fiction. Translated from the Polish by Bill Johnson. "One thing the stories have in common is the element of struggle. . . The other thing they have in common, aside from wicked humor, is an accute sense of the irrational. . . All of this is, for me, thrilling. BACACAY is one of the most remarkable collections of stories in world literature" -Andre Alexis. "Gombrowicz is one of the most original and gifted writers of the twentieth century; he belongs at the very summit, at the side of his kindred spirits, Kafka and Celine. This collection of his stories will serve as an admirable introduction to his oeuvre" -Clare Cavanagh.

Witold Gombrowicz is the single most important Polish prose writer of the 20th century. He is best known for his novels Ferdydurke(1937), Pornografia(1960) and Cosmos(1966) and his plays Princess Ivona(1935) and The Marriage(1953). Gombrowicz left Poland in 1939, lived in Argentina for over 20 years, and died in France. In 1967, he was awarded the Prix Formentor. This is Bacacay's first English language publication.