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Robertson, Theodosia
2009
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Endure : korespondencja z wyspy Tyflonii, miejsca internowania dotkniętych Utratą Wytrwaj. Znieś. Przetrzymaj
Abstract
A philosophical tale about characters afflicted by a mysterious blindness (called “The Loss”). Exiled to a remote northern island, some of the exiles form a community to help one another; most, however, give up and slowly die. After a wave of religious fervor, the community recommits to survival, striving moment by moment — to endure.Publisher
Agora Publishers
ISBN
978-83-268-3411-0
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Subjects
fiction Polish literature search for the meaning of life epistolary novel novel in letters destiny interpersonal relations feeling exclusion social exclusion isolation island monastery monastic life allegory philosophical tale philosophical fiction
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The island of Tyflonia (from the Greek tyflos, meaning “blind”) is a place of internment for The Lost. Who are they? People who experience vision loss — slow, progressive, inevitable. The cause of vision damage is mysterious. The island has no hospital or sanatorium, only barracks for the dying. Tyflonia is a penal colony. The Lost are supposed to be there. Forever.
What do these people do, how do they respond, what do they occupy themselves with? After the initial shock of isolation, being thrown out of the “normal world,” they try to live.
And this is what is fascinating in this magical story; how people in the abnormal conditions of forced isolation, limited by poor vision or blindness, how they try to create an almost normal world for themselves. Some seek salvation in friendship, love, and helping others. They arrange a home, make love, have children, help and support others (or not). Some do not succeed.
And yet the point is to persevere, to endure, and endure.
Original manuscript (in Polish) is located at POLONA, the National Library of Poland, the National Repository of Manuscripts:
https://katalogi.bn.org.pl/permalink/48OMNIS_NLOP/1aot9i7/alma991021421809705066
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