| Description |
146 pages ; 21 cm |
| Note |
"This book was originally published in Polish as Gubty in 2014 by Wydawnictwo Czarne" -- t. p. verso. |
| Contents |
The fairground girl -- The Jesus raffle -- Little table, set thyself! -- Waiting for the popemobile -- The little paint girl -- A picture pays a visit -- Whitsunday -- An Easter pasha -- Spiders from Jerusalem -- Waves -- Gienek the combine driver -- Pierced lids -- The dressmaker's secret -- Strawberry -- The woman with a dog -- Sour cherries -- The phillumenist -- Dolce vita -- Masters of scrap -- The return of Zorro -- The belated feeding of bees -- Unripe -- Neon over the Jupiter. |
| Summary |
While political change hums in the background, Wiola looks back on her youth in a close-knit agricultural community in 1980s Poland: the superstitions of the village women, rumored visits from the Pope, and the locked room in the dressmaker's house. |
| Language |
Translated from the Polish. |
| Awards |
Man Booker International Prize (UK) : Longlist, 2017. |
| Subject |
Poland -- Fiction.
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Domestic fiction -- Fiction.
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| Genre |
Domestic fiction.
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| Added Author |
Marciniak, Eliza, translator.
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| ISBN |
9781945492044 |
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194549204X |
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