%0 Journal Article
%T I Am Traveling Through Poland – the Old Land and the New Country. Independent Poland Through the Eyes of Joseph Roth
%A Żyrek-Horodyska, Edyta
%J Central European and Balkan Studies
%V 2019
%R 10.4467/2543733XSSB.19.012.11411
%N Tom XXVIII
%P 145-154
%K Joseph Roth, Letters from Poland, Galicia, reportage, travel
%@ 2451-4993
%D 2019
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/ssb/article/podrozuje-po-polsce-po-starej-ziemi-i-po-nowym-panstwie-niepodlegla-oczyma-josepha-rotha
%X 
	The article presents the book entitled Letters from Poland by Joseph Roth, in which the journalist creates a journalistic portrait of Poland right after the country regained its independence. Research shows that in this text the author remains both: a part of the country and “the alien’’. He treats his return to Poland as an opportunity to confront the memories and present times. Roth’s comments created during the journey are not only an expression of admiration for the independent country, but they also bring a bitter reflection on anti-Semitism, social exclusion or political sluggishness.