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''Cudzoziemka'' (''The Stranger'') - a Polish psychological novel written by Maria Kuncewiczowa. It was published as a book in 1936. Earlier, the novel used to appear in episodes in press (''Kurier Poranny''). ''Cudzoziemka'' is considered a classic amongst the interwar period of Polish literature. The novel was published in 1944 in an English translation by B. W. A. Massey. == Content == The protagonist, Róża Żabczyńska, was born at the beginning of 20th century in Taganrog, Russia, to a Polish family. As a girl, she is deeply affected by her ethnical differentness. However, her alienation grows even bigger when she moves to Warsaw in order to take up violin lessons. She finds out that she is a ''stranger'' wherever she comes. The young girl experiences a dramatical love disappointment and then – as it later proves – an artistic failure. She decides to marry a man she does not love. Her family life is a losing streak. She descends into madness even harder a couple of years later, when her beloved son, Kazimierz, dies at an early age. The womanly sensivity of Róża, confronted with her life disappointments, turns her into a cruel wife and a mean mother, humiliating all the people around her. The purpose of ''Cudzoziemka'' is to show the psychological truth about sorrow, and especially about woman’s sorrow. On the other hand, the novel illustrates the art of narrative. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cudzoziemka」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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