„Karierowicz” Józefa Mackiewicza – powieściowa intryga a postacie kobiet

The article’s author analyses some aspects of the plot of Karierowicz (The Careerist) – the novel written by Józef Mackiewicz and published at the same time (1955) as Droga donikąd (The Road to Nowhere), but having a completely different subject than that famous novel of him, and thus interestingly different from the main part of Mackiewicz’s prose, devoted to the political and historical matters. The focus here is on the intricate relationship between the title character, who is hiding the truth about his past, and each of the several female characters surrounding him at subsequent stages of his “career”. Their behavior, decisions and actions have a huge impact on his life and actually determine the directions of the novel’s action. At the same time, they largely shape the cardinal idea of the work, embedded in the plot which is arranged in this way.