As I said earlier, there are no writers who could create a literary vision of the new reality.

As I said earlier, there are no writers who could create a literary vision of the new reality.

It turned out that the country was helpless in the face of a new reality.

In the same period, Polish literature also underwent some significant changes. From social-political literature, which had a great tradition and strong motivation to be that way, Polish literature changed its focus to a psychological rather than a social one.

We expected that people were just waiting for the collapse of the Soviet Union, or at least for its retreat, and they were going to be full of initiative in all areas of life - in culture, in economy and in politics.

Cinemas gained new young audiences who wanted films made for them.

By dint of that concern and because that society was willing to examine its particular reality, Solidarity could come into existence.