Lala / Jacek Dehnel ; translated from the Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dehnel, Jacek, author.

Contributor:

Lloyd-Jones, Antonia, translator.

Standardized Title:

Lala. English

Language:

English

Polish

Subjects (All):

Polish fiction--21st century.

Polish fiction.

Grandmothers--Poland--Fiction.

Grandmothers.

Families--Poland--Fiction.

Families.

Families--Fiction.

History.

Poland.

Poland--History--20th century--Fiction.

Genre:

Fiction.

History.

Novels.

Physical Description:

394 pages : illustrations, genealogical table, portaits ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London, England : Oneworld Publications, 2018.

Language Note:

Translated to English from the Polish.

Summary:

"Lala has lived a dazzling life, filled with love, betrayals, acts of courage and some of the most extraordinary events of the twentieth century. There is nothing she likes better than to tell stories of her fascinating past - of her grandfather, the legendary owner of the first car in Ukraine; of her aristocratic mother; and not least of herself. Her most avid listener is her grandson, Jacek, to whom she is extremely close. As she grows older and becomes increasingly confused, her tales become more repetitive and Jacek often finds himself filling in the gaps. Based on the life of the author's grandmother, intertwining detailed historical research with enthralling family accounts, Lala's story stretches from Kiev in 1875 to modern-day Poland, spanning the First and Second World Wars, the German occupation, the revolution and the republic."--Publisher's description.

Notes:

Originally published in Polish as Lala by Grupa Wydawnicza Foksal, 2006.

Winner, Paszport Polityki Award

Other Format:

Electronic version: 9781786073594

ISBN:

1786073587

9781786073587

9781786073570

1786073579

OCLC:

1004266765

Publisher Number:

99977513258