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Voyager : constellations of memory / Nona Fernández ; translated by Natasha Wimmer. - London : DB Originals, 2023. - [10], 121, [4] strony ; 20 cm.

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Fernández Nona (1971- ). Autor Wimmer Natasha (1973- ). Tłumaczenie

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Książki Proza

Demographic Group

Literatura chilijska

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Astronomia Astrologia Neuronauka poznawcza Pamięć rodzinna Matki i córki Konfrontacja z przeszłością Chile

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Powieść autobiograficzna

Książka w języku angielskim. One of the world’s foremost spots for astronomical observation, the Atacama Desert in Chile is also where, in October 1973, twenty-six people were executed by Pinochet’s Caravan of Death. Decades on, a petition gathers for a constellation’s stars to be dedicated to them. Nona Fernández is made a godmother to Mario Argüelles Toro, star HD89353, and asked to write a message to his family. When her own mother begins to suffer from fainting spells, Fernández accompanies her to neurological examinations. There, the mapping of her mother’s brain activity – groups of neurons glowing and sparking on screen – calls to mind the night sky, as memories light up into a complex stellar tapestry. Weaving together the narrative of her mother’s illness with stories of the cosmos and of her country, Fernández braids astronomy and astrology, neuroscience and memory, family history and national history into an intensely imagined autobiographical work.

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Poliglotka (Nowolipki 21)

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Yr dead / Sam Sax. - London : DB Originals, 2024. - [10], 270 stron ; 20 cm.

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Sax Sam. Autor

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Książki Proza

Demographic Group

Literatura amerykańska

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Młodzi dorośli Żydzi Dojrzewanie Pamięć zbiorowa Mniejszości seksualne Samobójstwo

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Książka w języku angielskim. In between the space of time when Ezra lights themself on fire and when Ezra dies the world of this book flashes before their eyes. Everyone Ezra's ever loved, every place they've felt queer and at home, or queer and out of place, reveals itself in an instant. Unfolding in fragments of memory, Ezra dissolves into the family, religion, desire, losses, pains and joys that made them into the person that's decided on this final act of protest. Told in lyric fragments that span both lifetimes and geography, Yr Dead is a queer, Jewish, diasporic coming of age story that questions how our historical memory shapes our political and emotional present. Visceral, propulsive, and at turns fluorescently beautiful and fluorescently tragic, Yr Dead is the electric debut novel from award-winning writer Sam Sax, one of our most dynamic and imaginative writers.

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Poliglotka (Nowolipki 21)

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Ordinary notes / Christina Sharpe. - London : DB Originals, 2023. - [10], 379, [2] strony : ilustracje ; 23 cm.

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Sharpe Christina. Autor

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Książki Literatura faktu, eseje, publicystyka

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Literatura kanadyjska

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Sharpe, Christina Afroamerykanie Stosunki rasowe Życie codzienne Stany Zjednoczone (USA)

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Anegdoty Szkic Antologia

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Socjologia i społeczeństwo Rodzina, relacje międzyludzkie Styl życia, moda i uroda

Książka w języku angielskim. A singular achievement, Ordinary Notes explores profound questions about loss and the shapes of Black life that emerge in the wake. In a series of 248 notes that gather meaning as we read them, Christina Sharpe skillfully weaves artifacts from the past―public ones alongside others that are poignantly personal―with present realities and possible futures, intricately constructing an immersive portrait of everyday Black existence. The themes and tones that echo through these pages―sometimes about language, beauty, memory; sometimes about history, art, photography, and literature―always attend, with exquisite care, to the ordinary-extraordinary dimensions of Black life.

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Poliglotka (Nowolipki 21)

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Misinterpretation / Ledia Xhoga. - London : DB Originals, 2025. - [6], 322 strony ; 20 cm.

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Xhoga Ledia. Autor

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Literatura albańska

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Kobieta Tłumacze i tłumaczki Mężczyzna Albańczycy Uchodźcy Psychoterapia Małżeństwo Kryzys Konfrontacja z przeszłością Nowy Jork (Stany Zjednoczone) Albania

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Powieść psychologiczna

Książka w języku angielskim. In present-day New York City, an Albanian interpreter reluctantly agrees to work with Alfred, a Kosovar torture survivor, during his therapy sessions. Despite her husband’s cautions, she soon becomes entangled in her clients’ struggles: Alfred’s nightmares stir up her own buried memories, and an impulsive attempt to help a Kurdish poet leads to a risky encounter and a reckless plan. As ill-fated decisions stack up, jeopardizing the nameless narrator’s marriage and mental health, she takes a spontaneous trip to reunite with her mother in Albania, where her life in the United States is put into stark relief. When she returns to face the consequences of her actions, she must question what is real and what is not.

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Poliglotka (Nowolipki 21)

All copies are currently on loan: sygn. 821-3 alb. (1 egz.)