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Author: Tadeusz Konwicki
First Published: 1987
Type of Work: Novel
Time of Work: c. 1875
Setting: Northwestern Poland
Principal Characters: Helena Konwicka, Michal Konwicki, Alexander Broel-plater, Elias Szyra, Mr. Korsakov, Father Siemaszko, Emilka, The Narrator
Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
Subjects: Self-discovery, Gay men, Homosexuality or homosexuals, Twentieth century, Psychology or psychologists, Exile or expatriates, Social issues, Emotions, Nationalism, Mysteries, Tragedy, Poland or Polish people
Locales: Poland

Tadeusz Konwicki’s novel Bohin Manor continues the tradition of nuanced psychological investigation that marked his previous work, including such novels as Sennik wsp6lczesny (1963; A Dreambook for Our Time, 1969), Kompleks polski (1977; The Polish Complex, 1982), and Mala apokalipsa (1979; A Minor Apocalypse, 1983). Although the central action of the novel is set in the northwestern corner of Poland in the mid- 1870’s, the reader soon realizes that the events depicted in the novel actually occur within the mind of the narrator. These...

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