White Nights - Urszula Honek

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Auteur(s) : Urszula Honek

Editeur : Two Lines Press

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 01/02/2026

Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg

Nombre de pages : 178.0

ISBN : 1949641910

Résumé :
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In a village in the remote countryside of southern Poland, it's as if the poverty and brutality emanate like mist from the cursed dirt. The thirteen interconnected stories in White Nights tell of families, scarred by tragedy but also by each other. Whether by digging a pond deep in the woods, taking a lover, raising a family, or simply trying to get ahead of the endless work as the thunder rolls over their home, Urszula Honek's characters share, with the sincerest care and honesty, a local--yet so clearly universal--story of ruin and hope. Kate Webster's blazing translation of Urszula's poetic and earthen prose brings us to places seldom seen in literature, where the people do not ask to be understood, but merely to be heard.

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Biographie:
In addition to White Nights, Urszula Honek is the author of three poetry books, each of which received numerous awards. She has held scholarships from the Maria Anna Siemień...

Sommaire:
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In thirteen interconnected stories, White Nights tells of the various tragedies and misfortunes that befall a group of people from the same village in the remote Beskid Niski region, in southern Poland. Each story revolves around a different character and how it is that they manage to continue on despite the poverty, disappointment, tragedy, despair, brutality, and general sense of futility that surrounds them. Urszula relates to us, with the sincerest care and honesty, a local--yet so clearly universal--story of ruin and hope. A story where the protagonists do not ask to be understood, but merely to be seen and to be heard.

Kate Webster's brilliant translation of Urszula's poetic, yet often earthen, prose brings us to places that, though they are seldom seen in literature, we may never forget.