Vanilla stronghold : Wrocław in the fantastic and non-fantastic works of Andrzej Ziemiański

l he article describes how the image of Wroclaw is constructed in literary works of Andrzej Ziemiański (both science fiction and realistic ones). In die images of the present day city, there is a clear locus on its architecture, which is often treated as an opportunity to present various episodes from local history. In the texts about die Wroclaw of the past, a kind of a game widi the reader can also be discerned, based on many hidden references to the contemporary shape of the city·. A similar game can be observed in the texts on the unrealistic Wroclaw - an alternative, oneiric or future one. One can also see a large span of visions of the latter kind, ranging from urban Utopia to post-apocalyptic fiction. However, an axis of every vision of this kind is always the same - the contemporary architecture of Wrocla