Cosmos Signed First Edition Reference

Kosmos (Instytut Literacki, Paris, 1965; English: MacGibbon & Kee, 1966) is Gombrowicz’s final novel and winner of the International Prize for Literature (1967). Two young men at a countryside pension begin constructing patterns of meaning from random events — a hanged sparrow, a crack in the ceiling, a stick in the road — until the pattern takes on a terrible life of its own. The novel is simultaneously a mystery, a philosophical treatise on meaning-making, and a dark comedy.

Signed Copy Market Values

• Signed Polish/French first (Instytut Literacki, Paris): $400–$1,000
• Signed English first: $200–$500
• Unsigned English first: $20–$50

Cosmos is the most intellectually demanding Gombrowicz novel — a book about the compulsion to create meaning where none exists.