‘Inny świat’ by Herling-Grudziński in Bosnian
Drugi svijet, as reads the title of Herling-Grudzinski’s book in Bosnian, has just been published by the Izdavačka kuća Vrijeme publishing house.
A World Apart remains one of the most important testimonies written down by prisoners of Soviet gulags, as well as a classic of Polish literature. In this book, Gustaw Herling-Grudzinski exposed the mechanisms of Soviet totalitarianism in its most basic form. A World Apart is at the same time a harrowing portrayal of what happens to human beings in border conditions. Albert Camus believed that Herling-Grudziński’s most famous book ‘should be published and read in all countries of the world’.
Gustaw Herling-Grudzinski is one of the most outstanding Polish writers of the 20th century. Apart from A World Apart, his most important and widely read works include Dziennik pisany nocą (“Volcano and Miracle”), published in several parts, as well as short stories such as Wieża (“The Tower”), Pieta dell`Isola, and Książe Niezłomny (“The Invincible Prince”).