The Essential Guide To Being Polish by Anna Spysz

The Essential Guide To Being Polish by Anna Spysz

Being Polish is no joke. For the millions of people of Polish ancestry outside of Poland, as well as many who have settled in the UK since the fall of communism, it is a heartfelt matter - and amid all the travel guides to Polish language, folklore and customs, there is no single, comprehensive, reader-friendly and informative reference to what it means to be Polish. Enter The Essential Guide to Being Polish - the go-to concise resource to anyone looking to reconnect with their Polish background - or anyone interested in learning more about the culture.

“[A] carefully researched but reader-friendly peregrination through the story of Poland—a thrilling if sometimes depressing ride you wouldn't believe if you read it in a novel. . . I can say honestly . . . that The Essential Guide to Being Polish will not disappoint.”
—Krakow Post

“Do you plan to visit Poland for the first time? Are you contemplating a return trip? Do you enjoy reading about other countries and their cultures? If you answered ‘yes’ to any of the above then you must read The Essential Guide to Being Polish. . . . Once you start reading, you’ll want to read it all.”
—Am-Pol Eagle

“I invite you on this journey into the depths of the Polish soul.”
—from the Foreword by Lech Walesa, former President of Poland

“The Essential Guide to Being Polish recounts the political and cultural history of Poland—and, if you will, of Polishness—with a reader-friendly, streamlined clarity that is leavened with wit and timely, amusing turns, but that for all its playfulness never loses sight of the essential complexity of its subject.”
—Stuart Dybek, award-winning author of The Coast of Chicago and I Sailed with Magellan

Anna Spysz, who is both the coauthor and the book's editor, is the former editor-in-chief of the Krakow Post (May 2008-December 2010), Poland's only English-language newspaper. A Polish-born American, she graduated in 2004 from the University of Texas at Austin with a BA in English and subsequently moved to Krakow, Poland, where she earned an MA in Central and Eastern European Studies from Jagiellonian University. She currently lives in Portland, Oregon. Her website is www.annaspysz.com.

Marta Turek moved from Poland to the United States as child with her parents, settling first in Chicago and, later, in Seattle. In 1993 she moved back to Poland, where she has been ever since. She has edited English-language texts and taught English as a second language for the past decade on both sides of the Atlantic. Her employers have ranged from ELS Language Centers in Seattle to schools, international companies, and universities in Poland. The holder of an MA in English linguistics from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, she lives in Rokietnica, Poland.

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ISBN 13	9780985062309
ISBN 10	0985062304
Title	The Essential Guide To Being Polish
Author	Anna Spysz
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	New Europe Books
Year published	2013-08-29
Number of pages	336
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