CASTLE BOOK CLUB #75/Meeting about the novel “Kasperl and Margit” by Maciej Płazy

TypeLiterature

PlacesLaboratory 1 (collection in front of Bookowski bookstore)

Hour

18

Datum 29.10.2026

Information about tickets

prior registration applies: literatura@ckzamek.pl

LITERARY MEETING

In 1903, Kasperl was born among the gutters in Poznań.

Illiterate with incredible musical hearing and a tendency to pack in

trouble. Soon he begins to shine in the street, and his hallmark becomes

There's an accordion and singing.

At the same time, on the other side of town, a girl from a wealthy family after

In one of the shows, she decides to become an actress. Years later, it takes

name Margit and becomes the goddess of the Berlin scene.

The frontier world of Poles and Germans is shaky in their jobs. Galloping

progress, pop culture flourishes, art, and immediately after freedom go dangerous

idea. Kasperl and Margit are thrown into a whirlwind of events in which a man is

He is merely a puppet in the hands of much more powerful forces.

Maciej Płazy's novel, spanning three decades, is intricately constructed

melodrama and at the same time a rogue comedy full of twentieth-century life.

It shows the panorama of the era in its incessant ferment: from the great war, to

The Great Polish Uprising, after the birth of Nazism. Registers unique guars,

He leads the way of poverty and splendor.

Here private passions collide with big history, and we, along with

As heroes, we follow the lead of one question: what can save us in the world

full of anxiety? (publisher's description)

hosted by: Krzysztof Banach

Duration: 90'/ Age: 18+

MACIEJ PŁAZA — prose writer and translator, author of the novels “Skoruń”, “Golem”,

“Robinson in Bolechów” and “Kasperl and Margit”, translated, among others

H.P. Lovecraft, William Faulkner and J.G. Ballard. Repeatedly

distinguished for his work, among others the Gdynia Literary Award, the Foundation Award

Church and Central European Literary Prize Angelus, twice

finalist of the Nike Literary Award. He lives in Poznań.

KRZYSZTOF

BANACH — Wildzianin, teacher; likes Bolaño,

Knausgårda and Opeth. In the Castle Book Club from the beginning. He is fascinated by how

variously and unobviously Clubwomen and Clubmembers read the discussed

books.