03 Aug 2010 -

Poland. A Modern History by Anita Prażmowska

Polish independence following the end of World War I marked a new era for a nation which had endured centuries of foreign partition. But the spirit of Polish nationalism - forged during this long period of...[more]

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28 May 2010 -

Finding Poland by Matthew Kelly

Following the partitioning of Poland by Germany and the Soviet Union in 1939, Matthew Kelly’s great grandmother and her two daughters were deported to the East. Thus began an extraordinary ordeal that took them, and many...[more]

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20 May 2010 -

The Sound of Two Songs by Mark Power

Published by Photoworks in association with Photomonth in KrakowEssays by Gerry Badger, Wojciech Nowicki and Marek BieńczykDesigned by SMITH Hardback with screen-printed cloth250mm x 310mm168 pages, 73 full colour...[more]

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18 May 2010 -

Entanglement
by Zygmunt Miloszewski

The morning after a gruelling psychotherapy session in a Warsaw monastery, Henryk Telak is found dead, a roasting spit stuck in one eye. The case lands on the desk of State Prosecutor Teodor Szacki. World-weary, suffering from...[more]

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18 May 2010 -

Lovetown by Michał Witkowski

Lovetown is the first novel published in Poland which portrays what it was like to be different and gay in a communist state. It is unusual for its frank and open view of a world that is unfamiliar to outsiders, and for making...[more]

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18 May 2010 -

Primeval and Other Times by Olga Tokarczuk

Tokarczuk's third novel, Primeval and Other Times was awarded the Kościelski Foundation Prize in 1997, which established the author as one of the leading voices in Polish letters. It is set in the mythical village of Primeval in...[more]

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15 May 2010 -

At The Heart of Central Europe: great writers and the ruptures of the 20th century

Saturday 15 May 2010, 2.00-5.00pmGustave Tuck Lecture Theatre, Wilkins Building Gower Street, London WC1E 6BTFree  A  seminar hosted by the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) to...[more]

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