Warsaw Tales
Ms Antonia Lloyd-Jones translator Helen Constantine editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Published:12th Sep '24
Should be back in stock very soon
Warsaw Tales is an anthology of short stories and non-fiction set in the Polish capital. Beginning in 1911 with Boleslaw Prus' Apparitions, the collected stories provide a chronological account of the city's tumultuous and dramatic history. Each story captures a phase of Warsaw's past, through the interwar period as a Polish republic, the Second World War and the city's Nazi occupation, the post-war city in ruins and its rebuilding under the communist regime, and its new status as the capital of an independent Poland in 1989. With each story set in a specific part of the city, the collection becomes a guidebook to Warsaw's temporal, spatial, and psychological geography. This collection features a wide variety of authors including Boleslaw Prus, Maria Kuncewiczowa, Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz, Ludwik Hering, Zofia Petersowa, Marek Hlasko, Kazimierz Orlos, Hanna Krall, Antoni Libera, Zbigniew Mentzel, Olga Tokarczuk, and Krzysztof Varga.
This is a worthwhile effort to preserve strong examples of Polish writing in translation to make it accessible to the international market. The stories are logically structured, and carry a point, and present details to describe the scenes and tensions from this foreign perspective. Academic libraries should purchase this book,...These stories are so well written, it is difficult to indeed separate true autobiographies from the fictions. * Pennsylvania Literary Journal *
A fascinating and engaging collection, which will introduce anglophone readers to some important Polish authors, and immerse them in the rich history of the city. * Rob Spence, Shiny New Books *
Focusing on distinct neighbourhoods, each story paints a vivid picture of Warsaw's tumultuous interwar period as a republic, through rebuilding under communism to the country's independence in 1989... Warsaw Tales is a guide to the capital, past and present. * New Statesman *
the perfect book to read in concert with a visit [to Warsaw]. * Richard Lofthouse, QUAD *
Compelling, profoundly moving, and filled with a fascinating range of authors and stories, I found it thoroughly absorbing... This is a book full of riches and I highly recommend it. * Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings *
ISBN: 9780192855565
Dimensions: 196mm x 130mm x 14mm
Weight: 282g
256 pages