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Nine
Andrzej Stasiuk Translated from the Polish by Bill Johnston
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9780151010646 Hardcover
0151010641
$23.00
240pages
Available
Trim Size:
5-1/2 x 8-1/4
Copyright Year:
2007
Territory:
US, C, O
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Synopsis |
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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In this novel Andrzej Stasiuk portrays a generation of Poles, freed from outdated ideologies but left feeling adrift and disconnected from family, neighbors, and friends.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.
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"The technique is masterly, and the carefully calibrated atmosphere of dread and threat beautifully sustained."
Kirkus,3/1/2007
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Biography |
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ANDRZEJ STASIUK deserted from the Polish army under Communism, was sent to prison, and there began his writing career. In 2005 he won the NIKE Award, Poland’s most important literary prize. He lives in the Carpathian Mountains.
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General Subjects |
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Fiction- Literary
Fiction- Action & Adventure
Fiction- General
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Rights Details |
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Serial: Harcourt
UK: Harvill Secker
Audio/Performance/Translation: Suhrkamp Verlag
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Rights Information |
Harcourt Books
An imprint ofHarcourt Trade Publishers
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Harcourt Education Company
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