White Raven by Andrzej Stasiuk
In the late 1980s a group of young men in their early thirties leave Warsaw for a few days in the mountains, partly out of boredom, partly for an adventure. Their plans go wrong when they get lost, argue, and finally, accidentally, kill a border guard. Flight is now their only option...extreme flight through a totally inhospitable snowscape. External landscapes and internal mindscapes blend as each man confronts his own life and most secret fears. White Raven explores the universal themes of lost youth and friendship, against the backdrop of a rapidly changing society.
?Like The Big Chill rewritten by Camus and Kundera? Independent on Sunday ?A claustrophobic space seamed with an unrelenting menace? The Times ?Amongst the most beautiful and influential prose works written after the political change of 1989 when Poland finally regained its freedom? Independent
Andrzej Stasiuk was born in Warsaw in 1960. His first book, The Walls of Hebron, is a collection of twelve stories about prison, based on the experience of his desertion from the army in a tank. In 1984 Stasiuk left Warsaw to live in Bieszczady, a deserted village in the wild south east where he writes, has founded his own publishing house and breeds llamas. Stasiuk writes for Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland's largest daily newspaper. His other books include a volume of poetry, Love and Other Poems, and a collection of short stories, The Galician Tales.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781852426675 |
| ISBN 10 | 1852426675 |
| Title | White Raven |
| Author | Andrzej Stasiuk |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Profile Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2001-01-15 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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