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This volume brings together texts that were previously scattered across interwar and émigré periodicals or never published at all. As it turns out, Sergiusz Piasecki left behind a good many short autobiographical pieces, journalism (for example, the bold text of political protest Sto pytań pod adresem „obecnej" Warszawy from 1946), and polemics (including with Czesław Miłosz and Melchior Wańkowicz). To these are added interesting interviews, conducted for the most part just after his release from the prison at Święty Krzyż, as well as replies to questionnaires from émigré journals. Among them are recollections of his Russian childhood and school years, of his first visit to the theatre and the books he read, of a trip to Lake Narocz in the Kresy borderlands, and of his friendship with Witkacy. There is also a statement in defence of Józef Mackiewicz and an appeal to writers in exile to undertake joint action against Soviet communism and its propaganda…