Published in 2010 by Krytyka Polityczna, "Nocnik" (subtitle: "27 XI 2007 – 27 XI 2008") is a massive 644-page book. On the surface, it appears to be a diary, chronicling a year in the life of a film director—the narrator shares thoughts on movies, books, love affairs, and the world around him. However, from the outset, its author rejected a simple classification.
Żuławski, who returned to Poland after decades of living and working in France, used the diary to vent his frustrations with the changing landscape of his homeland. He targeted the commercialization of art, the superficiality of modern media, and the moral compromises of his contemporaries. Written with his characteristic sensory intensity and intellectual arrogance, the book was never meant to be a polite memoir. It was designed to provoke. The Spark of Controversy: The Character of "Esterka" andrzej zulawski nocnik pdf