Wiesław Myśliwski is the author of novels and plays which are usually discussed in the context of “peasant literature”, dealing with the problems of the identities of villages and their inhabitants in times of historical change. However, his work transcends this literary category thanks to its philosophical and anthropological importance. Myśliwski’s first novel, Naked Orchard (1967), surprised the critics with its maturity, substantiality and an exceptionally loving portrait by a son of his father. The play The Steward (1978) and the novel The Palace (1970) analyse a conflict between inherited and desired destiny. Myśliwski’s broadest epic of the peasant fate is the novel Stone upon Stone (1984), a masterpiece of postwar Polish literature, the apotheosis of the peasant tradition. His novel The Horizon (1996) won the 1997 Nike prize for the best book of the year.