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Not there / Mariusz Szczygieł ; translated from the Polish with an afterword by Antonina Lloyd-Jones. - London : Linden Editions, 2025. - 238 stron ; 20 cm.

Author

Szczygieł Mariusz (1966- ). Autor Lloyd-Jones Antonia (1962- ). Posłowie

Form of Work

Książki Literatura faktu, eseje, publicystyka

Demographic Group

Literatura polska

Subject

Pamięć Poczucie straty Polska

Genre/Form

Esej Reportaż

Domain

Socjologia i społeczeństwo

Książka w języku angielskim. A collection of essays about loss, grief, and absence, "Not there" tells stories of ordinary people and the things that have happened to them. Emotions underlying these stories prompt the reader to think of their losses, and their compensations. It's also about how we remember things - unreliably on the whole - and how our idea of the truth may be a very personal one. Szczygiel's wide and international range of interlocutors includes: a Czech poet, a Ukrainian soldier, a Polish accountant, an Albanian painter, an Israeli writer, and the father of a reporter with whom the author travels to Prague for the last time. Written in a beautiful, associative style reminiscent of W. G. Sebald, Szczygiel lets his interlocutors and memories drive the story in unusual directions. With a perfect eye and a voice infused with empathy and wit, Szczygiel explores the human condition with its unavoidable absences. The advice that famous Polish writer, Hanna Krall, gave the author hovers over the book: "Everything must have its form, its rhythm, Mr Mariusz. Especially absence".

Availability:

Poliglotka (Nowolipki 21)

There are copies available to loan: sygn. 821-92 pol. (1 egz.)

Notes:

Tytuł oryginału: Nie ma, 2018

Bibliography, etc. note

Bibliografia i netografia na stronach 233-234.

Awards note

Nagroda im. Ryszarda Kapuścińskiego za Reportaż Literacki, 2019

Nagroda Literacka Nike, 2019

Nagroda Nike Czytelników, 2019