„Czekam na siebie z pięknym bukietem kwiatów...”. Autobiograficzny wymiar opowiadania We młynie, we młynie, mój Dobry Panie Sławomira Mrożka

Abstract

This paper proposes an interpretation of Sławomir Mrożek’s short story We młynie, we młynie, mój Dobry Panie [In the mill, in the mill, my Good Lord], written in the first years of the writer’s stay abroad, in the context of his Diary and correspondence. Referring to concepts concerning the relationship between an empirical author and a literary text in terms of tropes/traces, the author argues that this ambiguous parable with an elaborate fantasy-grotesque plot can be read as an attempt to “rework” personal experiences, overtly thematised in correspondence and diary entries, with the ever reocurring motifs of awaiting oneself, living in limbo and a sense of non-existence.