portrait of Poles else. "Snake in the Chapel" is not the next novel, praising the Polish people and their national - liberation of behavior that are somewhat proud. The author here historiosophical specific analysis, which he did not show that our nation is noble, right, always takes the side of the oppressed and struggling to regain freedom. It's just a shell seems to say Thomas Friday, well-chosen mask that hides the true face. Poland according to the author takes the dimension of the chapel. All the fight, its worship, we respect the place I admire the sacred, and with distance. However, do not enter inside, because there lurks in the darkness "true", ready for us to visualize our shortcomings and overtake the myth of pristine Polish.
main protagonist of his story made by Andreas Issli, whose family tree is quite complicated. Austrian-Swiss-Italian roots are the cause of constant questions about his identity and nationality. Los Issli family took a permanent position with the Polish, here is alive and well brought up young Andreas, which from the outset can not find yourself in a world in which he had to exist. Luckily for him he meets Janina, his only friend, who constantly tries to tell him, which means Polishness and what does it mean to be a Pole. " Jack is the embodiment of all the myths true Pole, a corpse is romantic, who does nothing want to leave this world and still wanders around hoping that the Invite a few volunteers who are willing to believe his story, and devote himself to save his homeland. It is not surprising that the boy gathered around him young and determined characters who later goes to war together to make their bodies as a sacrifice.
Andrew, because he turned to Janet Andreas, so he meets Poland for centuries oppressed and suffering, injustice and exposed to constant attacks. Janek is demonstrated to him the same uniqueness of his homeland, the chosen people, whose fate is likened to the plight of the Lord Jesus. Poland to be killed, as "Jesus dies for the people because they die instead of them." He "is devoted to the sins of all. A Pole is devoted to the Poland. "
bond with Jack is very strong, so after the outbreak of World War I, when the road boys diverge for a moment, Andreas realizes the emptiness of what remained after the departure of a friend. Decides if a serious step and decides to follow in front for his youthful mentor. Fortunately, finding a friend does not last long, however. At the time, in which Andrew knows the taste of being a man when it makes its first initiation into sexual fulfillment, Jack is killed. This is a senseless death, voluntary, lined disease Polish salvation. Action the boy is at least illogical.
friend loss is equivalent to the death of ideals rooted in the mind of Andreas that Jack passed him from the outset. But this is not the end of the journey with a view to understanding Polish culture. The main character only changes the path, after which from now on will be walked. Embarks on a journey through Europe, educated, knows the definitions of archetypes of Jung, Freud and psychoanalysis, Goring eccentric, philosophical theories, Nazi thought, one might say that the changing views as the gloves. At the same time all the time trying to discover the myth of Polish, disease messianic ideals, which he believes young people it infects. He wants to discover the truth about the history of this country, which eventually returns as a Nazi obsession with the cure for the young rebels of the morbid sacrifices for their country.
Andreas in its deliberations concludes that the "snake Polishness" lurking in hiding, ready to bite and make a poison that is spreading throughout the body finally reaches the goal, and so to the soul. In this way, the victim has no choice but to believe firmly in the ideal Messianic and strive for the salvation of the world, and thus sacrifice his own person in a senseless sacrifice to save the society, which really did not expect rescue.
This novel, interesting and intriguing? Apparently trying to make a settlement with romantic mythology, like trying to reconstruct the nature of the construction of the Poles, which could be formed at the beginning of Polish statehood. I am not sure what is more intriguing content of the novel, whether the manner of its construction and entanglement? It's like Friday with words painted content his book. Looking from a distance is a very good picture, eye color and richness of the different elements composing. But when you look closely, from a short distance, begin to show up imperfections. Weaknesses of the brush, improperly selected colors, the infinite elements. hose in the chapel contains a number of themes which the author abandons after a short time and returned them the head. Many parts of leaves without comment, so the novel has a lot more obscure topics. One gets the impression that they were made just the reader to admire the great erudition of the writer.
However, despite the minor shortcomings of the book is good, worth the time spent. The author makes his hero through a brutal vivisection of Polish culture. Pickling disease dedication of young heroes is one thing, insensitive and false society is another. This mass of rats, as it is called Andreas, is willing to put up their altars "Chrystusom, crying, false should be added at any heroic death. However, it does not open the door when those pounds, does not help the needy.
We have here also a well-developed study of alienation. Issli Andreas is a man of many nationalities, but never feels like home. It would seem that his homeland of Poland may be that it will accept him with open arms and will take its place among his children. However, this does not become, a very simple reason. The veins Andreas Polish blood is not flowing, so he could not inherit from their ancestors the nucleus of the Polish culture, does not understand the behavior of young Poles. Mastery of language proves nothing, and certainly does not lead to an agreement. Andrew thrashes between one idea and another. In the wild pursuit of capturing the substance of Polish culture, it loses the sense of their actions. Lets keep the emotions, which ultimately leads to a deepening of his obsession with the cure of the disease Polish sacrifice.
