Portret podróżnika. Sportowe "wyprawy" Bohdana Tomaszewskiego

Abstract

Pożegnalna defilada (The Farewell Parade) contains feature articles published earlier in “Przegląd Kulturalny”, “Kultura”, “Przegląd Katolicki”, Sportowiec”, and “As”. The forty six short texts form a gallery of figures of outstanding sportsmen (regardless of their national affiliation, place of residence, or skin colour), and people who found their place on the outskirts of sport, or were loosely connected with it. The book is composed of columns written over almost three decades, and each is accompanied by a modern commentary, which is usually a supplement, evoking new circumstances, deepening those stated before with social, cultural, and at times also political contexts. Tomaszewski does not recall in detail the events from sports arenas, but calling upon the readers’ knowledge of them tries to build a sociological, psychological, or philosophical reflection.