Dreams and stones / Magdalena Tulli ; translated by Bill Johnston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tulli, Magdalena.

Contributor:

Johnston, Bill, 1960-

Standardized Title:

Sny i kamienie. English

Language:

English

Polish

Physical Description:

110 pages ; 18 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Archipelago Books ; St. Paul, Minn. : Distributed by Consortium Book Sales and Distribution, [2004]

Summary:

Hailed as one of the most brilliant contributions to the literature of Central and Eastern Europe since the fall of Communism, Dreams and Stones won the prestigious Koscielski Foundation Prize in Poland in 1995. Telling the story of the growth of a great city, Tulli relates its history by entering the lives of the stones from which the buildings and monuments are constructed, as well as the dreams of people and objects interwoven with the city's history. Revealing the inner lives of buildings, mirrors and news-paper -photographs, she explores the design of the city, its growth and its workings. Dismantling the city piece by piece, Tulli reveals a very different metaphysical landscape lying, literally, beneath and around it.

ISBN:

0972869263

OCLC:

53021411