{"product_id":"9781804270615","title":"The Possessed - Witold Gombrowicz","description":"In�The Possessed, Witold Gombrowicz, considered by�many to be Poland's greatest modernist, draws together�the familiar tropes of the Gothic novel to produce a�darkly funny and playful subversion of the form. With�dreams of escaping his small-town existence and the�limitations of his status, a young tennis coach travels�to the heart of the Polish countryside where he is to�train Maja Ocholowska, a beautiful and promising�player whose bourgeois family has fallen upon difficult�circumstances. But no sooner has he arrived than the�relationship with his pupil develops into one of twisted�love and hate, and he becomes embroiled in the fantastic�happenings taking place at the dilapidated castle�nearby. Haunted kitchens, bewitched towels, conniving�secretaries and famous clairvoyants all conspire to�determine the fate of the young lovers and the mad prince�residing in the castle. Translated directly into English�for the first time by Antonia Lloyd-Jones,�The Possessed�is a comic masterpiece that, despite being a literary�pastiche, has all the hallmarks of Gombrowicz's typically�provocative style.","brand":"Witold Gombrowicz","offers":[{"title":"416 pages \/ 18\/10\/2023 \/ Classic fiction (pre c 1945)","offer_id":57441336000887,"sku":"9781804270615","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0682\/9454\/1624\/files\/9781804270615.jpg?v=1788689297","url":"https:\/\/gulpfictionbooks.com\/products\/9781804270615","provider":"Gulp Fiction","version":"1.0","type":"link"}