Poland’s Forgotten Bohemian War Hero

Inhuman Land: Searching for the Truth in Soviet Russia, 1941–1942

Almost Nothing: The 20th-Century Art and Life of Józef Czapski

The life of Polish artist and diplomat Józef Czapski (1896–1993) in many ways mirrored the intellectual trajectory of twentieth-century Europe. Czapski also extolls Proust’s open-mindedness, downplaying the French writer’s satirical edge to elevate his supposed equanimity in the face of delusion and prejudice:

Czapski insists that Proust’s equanimity—as well as an endless curiosity about small details of perception and sensation—remained with him until the end of his life, even during times of extreme physical suffering. He also richly recounts Czapski’s life after the events of Inhuman Land as he continues to reside in the suburbs of Paris, occasionally traveling abroad to promote Polish dissident writing,

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