General Piesc, Or the Case of the Forgotten Mission. by Themerson, Stefan - 1976

Gaberbocchus Press, 1976. 8vo, 54pp. A very good paperback copy with foxing to covers and some creasing to top corner. .

Black River Falls, WI: Obscure Publications, 2006. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 48pp, sewn wrappers. Number 22 of 60 copies of this limited-edition posthumous chapbook text by Stefan Themerson. Unmarked copy, dog-ear fold to one leaf.

London: Gaberbocchus Press, 1976. Printed by Poets' & Painters' Press. A story in which the General finds happiness only when he has forgotten his mission. Stefan Themerson's General Piesc is an allegorical novella full of humor, irony, and sarcasm - a well-written and highly entertaining story. Although he is known for his philosophical and controversial works Mr. Themerson's book is not problematical or demanding in any way neither stylistically nor intellectually. In less than fifty pages the author succeeds in narrating - but not explaining - a strange incident that happens to a retired Polish general who lives in London alone after his wife had run away with another man. The story begins with General Piesc winning a large sum of money (£ 129,740) in the pools. Instead of enjoying life as people expected him to, he decides to accomplish a mission which he had been planning for twenty-five years. After he equips himself with a new mackintosh 'with exceptionally large… Read More