Gestures

Zusatztext "An excellent psychological novel about a complex relationship between a mother and a son." -Ursula Philips Informationen zum Autor Ignacy Karpowicz is a Polish writer and translator. His fifth work, Balladyny i romanse, won him the Polityka Passport Prize in 2010. He was previously nominated for this award for his debut novel, Niehalo (2006), and has since been nominated for the Nike Literary Award for Gesty (Gestures), Balladyny I romanse, osci, and Sonka. Klappentext "Originally published in Polish as Gesty by Wydawnictwo Literackie in 2008."--ECIP galley. Zusammenfassung A forty-year-old man, burying himself in work and avoiding close emotional bonds with people, pays a visit to his mother in the country and is forced to extend it upon discovering her illness. While there, he reevaluates past familial and romantic relationships and finally attempts to build new ones.

Product details

• Authors: Ignacy Karpowicz, Igncacy Karpowicz, Igncacy/ Zakrzewska-pim Karpowicz
• Assisted by: Maya Zakrzewska-Pim (Translation)
• Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2017
• EAN: 9781628971637
• ISBN: 978-1-62897-163-7
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: POLISH LITERATURE SERIES; Polish Literature; Polish Literature; Polish Literature Series
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature