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The birch grove and other stories / Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz ; translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones ; with an introduction by Leszek Kołakowski.
LIBRA PG7158.I8 A25 2002
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Iwaszkiewicz, Jarosław, 1894-1980.
- Series:
- Central European classics (Budapest, Hungary)
- Central European classics, 1418-0162
- Standardized Title:
- Short stories. Selections. English
- Language:
- English
- Polish
- Subjects (All):
- Iwaszkiewicz, Jarosław, 1894-1980--Translations into English.
- Iwaszkiewicz, Jarosław.
- Iwaszkiewicz, Jarosław, 1894-1980.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 268 pages ; 22 cm.
- Edition:
- English edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2002.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the Polish.
- Summary:
- Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz (1894-1980) was a significant Polish novelist and poet. Besides his literary work, he fulfilled various social roles during his long life. He studied law in Kiev, worked as a civil servant at the newly created Polish parliament (Sejm) after WW1, served at embassies in Copenhagen and Brussels, joined anti-nazi resistance during WW2, became member of parliament after the war, was president of the writers' union, received Lenin Prize for peace movement acitivities etc. His books are considered classics and even today they still sell well in Poland; some have been adapted into internationally successful films.
- Contents:
- A new love
- The Wilko girls
- The birch grove
- The mill on the River Utrata.
- ISBN:
- 9639241458
- OCLC:
- 49225435
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