On the Road to Babadag

Informationen zum Autor Born in Warsaw in 1960, Andrzej Stasiuk has risen to become one of the most important and interesting writers at work in Eastern Europe today. Author of over a dozen books and winner of many prizes, he came to writing in an unusual way: in the early 1980s, he deserted the army and spent a year and a half in prison for it. Afterwards he wrote a collection of short stories, The Walls of Hebron , about his experience, which became a huge success. He and his wife, Monika Sznajderman, run a small publishing house in Czarne. Klappentext Introduces you to an unfamiliar Europe, grappling with the remnants of the Communist era and the arrival of capitalism and globalisation. This title offers original meditations on travel and memory. Zusammenfassung Introduces you to an unfamiliar Europe, grappling with the remnants of the Communist era and the arrival of capitalism and globalisation. This title offers original meditations on travel and memory.

Product details

• Authors: Andrzej Stasiuk
• Assisted by: Michael Kandel (Translation), Kandel Michael (Translation)
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 05.07.2012
• EAN: 9780099507147
• ISBN: 978-0-09-950714-7
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales > Europe; Eastern Europe, TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues