{"product_id":"the-penguin-book-of-polish-short-stories-9780241563403","title":"The Penguin Book of Polish Short Stories","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn essential exploration of Polish literature, with a foreword by Olga Tokarczuk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe thirty-nine superb stories of \u003cem\u003eThe Penguin Book of Polish Short Stories\u003c\/em\u003e run the length of the literal and imaginative creation of Poland, from 1918 (when Poland regained its independence after 123 years of colonisation by neighbouring empires) to the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe stories include 'Miss Winczewska', by the acclaimed twentieth-century writer Maria Dabrowska, based on her experience of helping to establish a library for soldiers at the Citadel military base in Warsaw in the interwar period; and 'In the Shadow of Brooklyn' by Stanislaw Dygat (1914-1978), the comical tale of a young man's envy of what he imagines to be his father's success with women.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt the contemporary end, it includes a story by Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk (1962), 'The Green Children', a historical story set in 1656, narrated by a Scottish doctor who, as the Polish king's physician, travels about the wilds of Poland and encounters two feral children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCurated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones, with an introduction by Olga Tokarczuk, this anthology is a refreshing and sparkling collection of the best in Polish literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47754210607340,"sku":"9780241563403","price":40.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780241563403-the-penguin-book-of-polish-short-stories.jpg?v=1781659774","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-penguin-book-of-polish-short-stories-9780241563403","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}