In this delightful collection of essays by turns wry and reflective, wistful and witty contemporary Polish writer Andrzej Stasiuk turns his attention to the villages and small towns of Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Albania, and of course his native Poland. Stasiuk travels to places no tourist would th[...]
At several points in the haunting Dukla, Andrzej Stasiuk claims that what he is trying to do is write a book about light. The result is a beautiful, lyrical series of evocations of a very specific locale at different times of the year, in different kinds of weather, and with different human landscap[...]
Andrzej Stasiuk is a restless and indefatigable traveller. His journeys - by car, train, bus, ferry - take him from his native Poland to small towns and villages with unfamiliar yet evocative names in Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia, Albania, Moldova and Ukraine. Here is an unfamiliar Europe, g[...]
Andrzej Stasiuk is a restless and indefatigable traveler. His journeys take him from his native Poland to Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia, Albania, Moldova, and Ukraine. By car, train, bus, ferry. To small towns and villages with unfamiliar-sounding yet strangely evocative names. "The heart of [...]
Matkalla Babadagiin on kertomuskokoelma kirjailijan matkoista pitkin Euroopan itäreunaa Kaakkois-Puolan vuoristosta Slovakiaan, Unkariin, Sloveniaan, syvälle Moldovaan, Romaniaan ja lopulta Albaniaan. Kaikki maat ovat tuoreita EU:n jäseniä tai halajavat sellaisiksi. Stasiuk kuvaa matkantekoaan r[...]