‘A remarkable achievement. This riveting novel not only shows that intimate liaisons can feel every bit as “illegal” as they do dangerous, but it also offers (sometimes literally) penetrating insights into the confluence of the personal and the political–here, at the heart of a twenty-first-century Europe where conceptions of gender roles and morality clash, comingle, [...]
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‘a quite remarkable memoir of a family, of Poland in the twentieth century and of life, and death.’ A Discount Ticket to Everywhere More praise for Tadeusz Różewicz’s Mother Departs Winner of the 2000 Nike Prize, Poland’s most prestigious literary award ‘One of the great European poets of the twentieth century’ Seamus Heaney ‘Tadeusz Różewicz is a great [...]
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Thursday, 25 April Merseyside Polonia will present a Polish writer, A.M. Bakalar, based in the UK who reflects on her experience of Poland from London perspective and Englishness from Polish migrant side through a fictional character presented in her book Madame Mephisto. Toxteth Library, 6.30pm Windsor Street, Liverpool L8 1XF A.M. Bakalar was born [...]
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Friday, 3 May 2013 A Literary Safari Wesbeth Center for the Arts, 6.30pm 55 Bethune St New York, NY 10014 Explorers may discover a bedside reading, a dinner-table discussion, or a poet in the elevator at this event, where each participant is given a map and left to roam the halls of the city’s oldest [...]
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