Nine / Andrzej Stasiuk ; translated from the Polish by Bill Johnston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stasiuk, Andrzej, 1960-

Contributor:

Johnston, Bill, 1960-

Standardized Title:

Dziewięć. English

Language:

English

Polish

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

229 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Orlando : Harcourt, [2007]

Summary:

Pawel, a young businessman in debt to loan sharks, wakes up one April morning in a sea of debris, broken glass, ripped upholstery, and clothes spilling out of the wardrobe. He turns to two friends for help: Bolek, a former coal miner, now a drug dealer who lives in tasteless luxury; and Jacek, an addict, who is himself on the run through Warsaw, a washed-out city, a hostile landscape of apartment blocks, railroad stations, wild gardens, factories, and suburban wastelands. In this novel Andrzej Stasiuk portrays a generation of Poles, freed from outdated ideologies but left feeling adrift and disconnected from family, neighbors, and friends. At once existential crime fiction and a work of art, Nine establishes Stasiuk as a major voice in European literature.

ISBN:

9780151010646

0151010641

OCLC:

76074363