The first full biography of Father Jozef Tischner is a fascinating report on a life. Its author has traced some of the most amazing places and some of the most unexpected witnesses, and thanks to them has gained a fuller understanding of his subject...
"What did Tischner mean for Poland? The author of The Ethics of Solidarity / Etyka solidarnosci and chaplain to the movement's first convention. Millions of Polish people viewed the TV programmes of this Priest out on a Quagmire / Ksiadz na manowcach, a translation of the title of one of his books. A philosopher whose books were bestsellers, a columnist who brought order based on value to the thoughts and emotions madly circulating in 'the land of the frenzied imagination' which had been suddenly endowed with the 'white elephant of freedom'. A prophet, who in The Revolutionary's Confession / Spowiedz rewolucjonisty read Poland's future from the Hegelian Phenomenology of the Spirit, and in the facetious A Highland History of Philosophy / Historia filozofii po goralsku revealed life's truths." ("Gazeta Wyborcza")
The first full biography of Father Jozef Tischner is a fascinating report on a life. Its author has traced some of the most amazing places and some of the most unexpected witnesses, and thanks to them has gained a fuller understanding of his subject.
Wojciech Bonowicz (b. 1967), poet, columnist and journalist, editor of the monthly magazine "Znak" (1996-2000), works for the weekly "Tygodnik Powszechny".
- Wojciech Bonowicz
Tischner
Spoleczny Instytut Wydawniczy ZNAK, Krakow 2001
translation rights: Wojciech Bonowicz, rights available
153 x 213, 512 pages, hardcover
ISBN 83-240-0057-7