Jedyna taka polska powieść XX wieku. O Przygodzie w nieznanym kraju Anieli Gruszeckiej

Abstract

The article proposes an interpretation of Aniela Gruszecka’s Przygoda w nieznanym kraju [Adventure in an unknown country] of 1933 as the first Polish Sapphic novel. The author of the article draws attention to the poetics of the novel. It narrates the story of two women – their acquaintance, unrequited love, rejection and reconciliation, following Virginia Woolf’s style: the main persona observes and analyses her developing feelings. This open and friendly reflection on non-heterosexuality is particularly interesting in the context of Polish culture, which is only today recovering the queerstory, until recently silent (even more so about female) homosexuality.