| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xi, 184 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
Polish literature series |
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Polish literature series.
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| Note |
"Originally published in Polish as Dukla by Wydawnictwo Czarne, Wolowiec, 1999." |
| Contents |
Midsummder, Pogoórze -- Dukla -- Wasyl padwa -- Sunday -- Rite of spring -- A little-used room -- Party -- Crayfish -- Birds -- Storks -- Green lacewings -- Th swallows -- The river -- Rain -- End of September -- Frost -- Rain in December -- Night -- Beyond the threshold -- Sky. |
| Summary |
"At several points in the haunting Dukla, Andrzej Stasiuk claims that what he is trying to do is 'write a book about light.' The result is a beautiful, lyrical series of evocations of a very specific locale at different times of the year, in different kinds of weather, and with different human landscapes. Dukla, in fact, is a real place: a small resort town not far from where Stasiuk now lives. Taking an usual form--a short essay, a novella, and then a series of brief portraits of local people or event--this book, though bordering on the metaphysical, the mystical, even the supernatural, never loses sight of the particular time, and above all place, in which it is rooted"--Page 4 of cover. |
| Subject |
Light -- Literary collections.
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Poland -- Literary collections.
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Light. (OCoLC)fst00998476
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Poland. (OCoLC)fst01206891
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| Genre/Form |
Literary collections. (OCoLC)fst01423811
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| Added Author |
Johnston, Bill, 1960-
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| Added Title |
Dukla. English
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| ISBN |
9781564786876 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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1564786870 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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