8 must-read read for school books like Ferdydurke by Witold Gombrowicz, Danuta Borchardt

Cover of Ferdydurke by Witold Gombrowicz, Danuta Borchardt

Ferdydurke

By: Witold Gombrowicz , Danuta Borchardt

3.78

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

In this bitterly funny novel by the renowned Polish author Witold Gombrowicz. a writer finds himsel…

"Oy, stil – tiranların aleti!"

-Witold Gombrowicz, Ferdydurke

"Oy, stil – tiranların aleti!"

-Witold Gombrowicz, Ferdydurke

"Yakında kendi kişiliklerimizden ve kişiselliklerimizden korkmaya başlayacağız, çünkü onların hiç de sonuna kadar bizim olmadıkları, bizler için apaçık olacak. Ve “Ben buna inanıyorum – ben bunu hissediyorum – ben böyleyim – ben bunu savunuyorum,"

-Witold Gombrowicz, Ferdydurke

"Yakında kendi kişiliklerimizden ve kişiselliklerimizden korkmaya başlayacağız, çünkü onların hiç de sonuna kadar bizim olmadıkları, bizler için apaçık olacak. Ve “Ben buna inanıyorum – ben bunu hissediyorum – ben böyleyim – ben bunu savunuyorum,"

-Witold Gombrowicz, Ferdydurke

If you liked the read for school plot in Ferdydurke by Witold Gombrowicz, Danuta Borchardt , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of Lalka by Bolesław Prus

1. Lalka

By: Bolesław Prus

3.82

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

Lalka ukazała się pierwotnie w odcinkach na łamach warszawskiego "Kuriera Codziennego", stanowiąc d… read more

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  • classics
  • school
  • poland
  • read for school
  • fiction
  • polish literature
"Toteż mając lat osiemnaście, panna Izabela tyranizowała mężczyzn chłodem."

-Bolesław Prus, Lalka

"Przez rok cierpiałem na jakąś chorobę mózgową, a zdawało mi się, że jestem zakochany."

-Bolesław Prus, Lalka

"Bo widzisz, najgorszą samotnością nie jest ta, która otacza człowieka, ale ta pustka w nim samym."

-Bolesław Prus, Lalka

"Bywają wielkie zbrodnie na świecie, ale chyba największą jest zabić miłość. Tyle lat upłynęło, prawie pół wieku ; wszystko przeszło: majątek, tytuły, młodość, szczęście... Sam tylko żal nie przeszedł…"

-Bolesław Prus, Lalka

Cover of Moralność pani Dulskiej by Gabriela Zapolska

2. Moralność pani Dulskiej

By: Gabriela Zapolska

3.58

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Jeden z najsłynniejszych dramatów w literaturze polskiej. Autorka z pasją nakreśla obraz "życia prz… read more

Similar categories in Gabriela Zapolska's Moralność pani Dulskiej book and Witold Gombrowicz's Ferdydurke

  • classics
  • school
  • humor
  • poland
  • read for school
  • fiction
  • polish literature
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3. Szewcy

By: None

3.39

Format: 440 pages, Paperback

Centralnym zagadnieniem Szewcow (1934) uczynil Witkacy nadejscie nowego wspanialego swiata . W nauk… read more

Similar categories in None's Szewcy book and Witold Gombrowicz's Ferdydurke

  • classics
  • school
  • read for school
  • fiction
  • polish literature
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4. The Peasants: Autumn (Peasants, #1)

By: None

4.75

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

Each of the four parts represents a season in the life of the peasants -- Autumn (published in 1904… read more

Similar categories in None's The Peasants: Autumn (Peasants, #1) book and Witold Gombrowicz's Ferdydurke

  • classics
  • school
  • poland
  • fiction
  • 20th century
  • polish literature
Cover of Here in Our Auschwitz and Other Stories by Tadeusz Borowski, Madeline G. Levine

5. Here in Our Auschwitz and Other Stories

By: Tadeusz Borowski , Madeline G. Levine

4.00

Format: 199 pages, Hardcover

Tadeusz Borowski was a talented young poet when he was arrested and deported to Auschwitz in 1943. … read more

Similar categories in Tadeusz Borowski's Here in Our Auschwitz and Other Stories book and Witold Gombrowicz's Ferdydurke

  • polish literature
  • school
Cover of Inny świat by Gustaw Herling-Grudziński

6. Inny świat

By: Gustaw Herling-Grudziński

3.97

Format: 355 pages, Paperback

Wspomnienia Gustawa Herlinga - Grudzińskiego z sowieckiego łagru w Jercewie pod Archagielskiem. Ksi… read more

Similar categories in Gustaw Herling-Grudziński's Inny świat book and Witold Gombrowicz's Ferdydurke

  • polish literature
  • poland
  • classics
  • school
"Myślę z przerażeniem i głębokim wstydem o Europie przedzielonej na pół Bugiem, w której po jednej stronie miliony niewolników sowieckich modliły się o wyzwolenie z rąk armii hitlerowskiej, a po drugi…"

-Gustaw Herling-Grudziński, Inny świat

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7. Cudzoziemka

By: Maria Kuncewiczowa

3.57

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Niezwykly, gleboki, poruszajacy portret psychologiczny kobiety niespelnionej, zawiedzionej i nieszc… read more

Similar categories in Maria Kuncewiczowa's Cudzoziemka book and Witold Gombrowicz's Ferdydurke

  • classics
  • school
  • poland
  • read for school
  • fiction
  • polish literature
Cover of Chłopi by None, Władysław Stanisław Reymont

8. Chłopi

By: None , Władysław Stanisław Reymont

3.41

Format: 616 pages, Hardcover

O wartości Chłopów decyduje przede wszystkim rozmach, z jakim powieść ta została napisana. Nadano j… read more

Similar categories in None's Chłopi book and Witold Gombrowicz's Ferdydurke

  • classics
  • school
  • poland
  • fiction
  • polish literature
  • novels
Cover of Ferdydurke by Witold Gombrowicz, Danuta Borchardt

9. Ferdydurke

By: Witold Gombrowicz , Danuta Borchardt

3.78

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

In this bitterly funny novel by the renowned Polish author Witold Gombrowicz. a writer finds himsel… read more

Similar categories in Witold Gombrowicz's Ferdydurke book and Witold Gombrowicz's Ferdydurke

  • classics
  • school
  • literature
  • humor
  • poland
  • read for school
  • fiction
  • 20th century
  • polish literature
  • novels
"Oy, stil – tiranların aleti!"

-Witold Gombrowicz, Ferdydurke

"Yakında kendi kişiliklerimizden ve kişiselliklerimizden korkmaya başlayacağız, çünkü onların hiç de sonuna kadar bizim olmadıkları, bizler için apaçık olacak. Ve “Ben buna inanıyorum – ben bunu hisse…"

-Witold Gombrowicz, Ferdydurke

"I wished, first of all, to buy my way into people's good graces with my book so that, in subsequent personal contact, I would find the ground already prepared, and, I reasoned, if I succeeded in impl…"

-Witold Gombrowicz, Ferdydurke

"Sonuna kadar insan olmayanların sonuna kadar dünya olmayan dünyasını bir ân bile unutamıyordum -ve panikle korka korka, acayip iğrene iğrene, onun bataklık yeşilini sadece gözümde canlandırdığımda bi…"

-Witold Gombrowicz, Ferdydurke

Cover of Wesele by Stanisław Wyspiański

10. Wesele

By: Stanisław Wyspiański

3.17

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Wesele zostało zainspirowane prawdziwym wydarzeniem: ślubem poety Lucjana Rydla z chłopką Jadwigą M… read more

Similar categories in Stanisław Wyspiański's Wesele book and Witold Gombrowicz's Ferdydurke

  • classics
  • school
  • poland
  • read for school
  • fiction
  • polish literature
"Miałeś, chamie, złoty róg, miałeś, chamie, czapkę z piór: czapkę wicher niesie, róg huka po lesie, ostał ci się ino sznur, ostał ci się ino sznur."

-Stanisław Wyspiański, Wesele

"POETA Po całym świecie możesz szukać Polski, panno młoda, i nigdzie jej nie znajdziecie. PANNA MŁODA To może i szukać szkoda. POETA A jest jedna mała klatka - o, niech tak Jagusia przymknie rękę pod …"

-Stanisław Wyspiański, Wesele

11. Przedwiośnie

By: Stefan Żeromski

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Przedwiosnie - ostatnia powiesc Zeromskiego - prezentuje panoramiczny obraz panstwa polskiego odrad… read more

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12. Ludzie bezdomni

By: Stefan Żeromski

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Doktor Tomasz Judym po zakonczonej praktyce lekarskiej w Paryzu powraca do Warszawy. Ze smutkiem st… read more

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13. Zdążyć przed Panem Bogiem

By: Hanna Krall

3.86

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Zdazyc przed Panem Bogiem to slowa Marka Edelmana, bohatera ksiazki Hanny Krall, ktorego zyciorys s… read more

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14. This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen

By: Michael Kandel , Jan Kott , Tadeusz Borowski , None

3.92

Format: 594 pages, Paperback

Tadeusz Borowski's concentration camp stories were based on his own experiences surviving Auschwitz… read more

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15. Tango

By: Sławomir Mrożek

3.83

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Tango to dramat o wspolczesnym spoleczenstwie, w ktorym panuje konformizm, anarchia, brak postaw. F… read more

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16. The Street of Crocodiles

By: Jonathan Safran Foer , Bruno Schulz , Jerzy Ficowski , Celina Wieniewska

4.02

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

The Street of Crocodiles in the Polish city of Drogobych is a street of memories and dreams where r… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Safran Foer's The Street of Crocodiles book and Witold Gombrowicz's Ferdydurke

  • classics
  • school
  • literature
  • poland
  • fiction
  • 20th century
  • polish literature
"Reality is as thin as paper, and betrays with all its cracks its imitative character."

-Jonathan Safran Foer, The Street of Crocodiles

"Can there be anything sadder than a human being changed into the rubber tube of an enema?"

-Jonathan Safran Foer, The Street of Crocodiles

"They were villages forgotten in the depth of time, peopled by creatures chained forever to their tiny destinies."

-Jonathan Safran Foer, The Street of Crocodiles

"The days hardened with cold and boredom like last year's loaves of bread. One began to cut them with blunt knives without appetite, with a lazy indifference."

-Jonathan Safran Foer, The Street of Crocodiles

17. Granica

By: Zofia Nałkowska

3.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Granica to czolowe osiagniecie literatury dwudziestolecia miedzywojennego w dziedzinie prozy psycho… read more

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18. Medaliony

By: Zofia Nałkowska

3.96

Format: 332 pages, Hardcover

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19. Mała apokalipsa

By: Tadeusz Konwicki

3.63

Format: 235 pages, Paperback

"Oto nadchodzi koniec świata. Oto nadciąga, zbliża się czy raczej przypełza mój własny koniec świat… read more

Similar categories in Tadeusz Konwicki's Mała apokalipsa book and Witold Gombrowicz's Ferdydurke

  • classics
  • school
  • literature
  • poland
  • fiction
  • 20th century
  • polish literature
  • novels
"Dreams are debris from bad day. Dreams are poems by bad poets that never got written."

-Tadeusz Konwicki, Mała apokalipsa

"Yes, I am confusing literature with life. I'm declaring my own ordinary life to be a work of literature."

-Tadeusz Konwicki, Mała apokalipsa

"She smelled like water that had been warmed by the sun, and she also had the sharp, enticing aroma of birch leaves."

-Tadeusz Konwicki, Mała apokalipsa

"Character is a lack of doubt, character is stubbornly persevering in an intention no matter how senseless it is, character is a lack of imagination, character is inborn dullness, character is the mis…"

-Tadeusz Konwicki, Mała apokalipsa

Cover of Ludzie, którzy szli by Tadeusz Borowski

20. Ludzie, którzy szli

By: Tadeusz Borowski

3.74

Format: 15 pages, ebook

Opowiadanie z tomu Byliśmy w Oświęcimiu z roku 1946 Tadeusza Borowskiego przedstawia tragiczne wyda… read more

Similar categories in Tadeusz Borowski's Ludzie, którzy szli book and Witold Gombrowicz's Ferdydurke

  • classics
  • school
  • read for school
  • fiction
  • 20th century
  • polish literature
Cover of Noc listopadowa by Stanisław Wyspiański

21. Noc listopadowa

By: Stanisław Wyspiański

2.59

Format: 278 pages, ebook

Trzeci z kolei utwór Stanisława Wyspiańskiego, po „Warszawiance” i „Lelewelu”, poruszający tematykę… read more

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  • classics
  • school
  • read for school
  • fiction
  • polish literature

12 Best fiction books like Ferdydurke by Witold Gombrowicz, Danuta Borchardt

Transform Your Habits

Lalka

Bolesław Prus

3.82

Transform Your Habits

Moralność pani Dulskiej

Gabriela Zapolska

3.58

Transform Your Habits

Szewcy

None

3.39

Transform Your Habits

The Peasants: Autumn (Peasants, #1)

None

4.75

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14 Top classics books like Inny świat by Gustaw Herling-Grudziński

Transform Your Habits

Lalka

Bolesław Prus

3.82

Transform Your Habits

Szewcy

None

3.39

Transform Your Habits

The Plague

Albert Camus , Stuart Gilbert

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Pożegnanie z Marią

Tadeusz Borowski

4.00

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