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The Coming Spring
Stefan Zeromski
Translated and with an Introduction by Bill Johnston
Zeromski, whose vivid, assured style is instantly recognizable,
was a writer with a strong social conscience, taking
up the concerns of the poor and downtrodden.
The Coming Spring (Przedwiosnie), Zeromski's
last novel, tells the story of Cezary Baryka, a young
Pole who finds himself in Baku, Azerbaijan, then a predominantly
Armenian city, as the Russian Revolution breaks out.
He becomes embroiled in the chaos caused by the revolution,
and barely escapes with his life. Then, he and his father
set off on a horrendous journey west to reach Poland.
His father dies en route, but Cezary makes it to the
newly independent Poland. Cezary sees the suffering
of the poor, yet his experiences in the newly formed
Soviet Union make him suspicious of socialist and communist
solutions. He is an outsider among both the gentry and
the working classes, and he cannot find where he belongs.
Furthermore, he has unsuccessful and tragic love relations.
The novel ends when, despite his profound misgivings,
he takes up political action on behalf of the poor.
2007
450 pages
978-963-7326-89-9 paperback $17.95 / €13.95 / £12.99
Published in the series:
CEU Press Classics
ISSN 1418-0162
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