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03401aam a2200493 i 4500 001 10F3AF18621111E7BC2B04C5DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170706010219 008 170426s2017 nyu 000 1deng 010 $a 2017004542 020 $a 1940953588 020 $a 9781940953588 035 $a (OCoLC)959036280 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d BDX $d RRR $d YDX $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h pol 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-pl--- $a e-pl--- 050 00 $a D923 $b .N69 2017 082 00 $a 940.55 $2 23 084 $a HIS010010 $a FIC041000 $a FIC014000 $a HIS010010 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Nowicki, Wojciech, $e author. 240 10 $a Salki. $l English 245 10 $a Salki / $c Wojciech Nowicki ; translated from the Polish by Jan Pytalski. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a Rochester, NY : $b Open Letter, $c 2017. 300 $a 228 pages ; $c 22 cm 500 $a Originally published in Polish as Salki (Wo¿owiec : Wydawnictwo Czarne, 2013). 520 2 $a "Lying in bed in Gotland after a writer's conference, thinking about his compulsive desire to travel--and the uncomfortable tensions this desire creates--the narrator of Salki starts recounting tragic stories of his family's past, detailing their lives, struggles, and fears in twentieth-century Eastern Europe. In these pieces, he investigates various 'salkis'--attic rooms where memories and memorabilia are stored--real and metaphorical, investigating old documents to better understand the violence of recent times. Winner of the prestigious Gdynia Literary Award for Essay, Salki is in the tradition of the works of W.G. Sebald and Ryszard Kapuscinski, utilizing techniques of Polish reportage in creating a landscape of memory that is moving and historically powerful; 'It all blends here unexpectedly: that past and memory with the present and space. At times, your skin will crawl with pleasure from reading'--Andrzej Stasiuk; 'A masterful tribute to Georges Perec. There is no future or past, but rather chains of ideas and associations that complement each other. In that sense, Nowicki's book reminds one of The Rings of Saturn by Sebald'--Polityka; Wojciech Nowicki is a Polish essayist, journalist, critic, photographer, and even writes a culinary column. He is also the co-founder of the Imago Mundi Foundation devoted to promoting photography. Salki is his first book to be translated into English. Jan Pytalski is a graduate of the American Studies Center at the University of Warsaw, and has an MA in translation from the University of Rochester"--Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Nowicki, Wojciech $x Travel $z Europe. 600 10 $a Nowicki, Wojciech $x Family. 651 0 $a Europe $x Description and travel. 651 0 $a Poland $x History $y 20th century $v Biography. 650 0 $a Memory. 650 0 $a Souvenirs (Keepsakes) $x Psychological aspects. 650 7 $a FICTION / Literary. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a FICTION / Biographical. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a FICTION / Historical. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a HISTORY / Europe / Eastern. $2 bisacsh 700 1 $a Pytalski, Jan, $e translator. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Nowicki, Wojciech, author. $t Salki $b First edition. $d Rochester, NY : Open Letter, 2017 $z 9781940953595 $w (DLC) 2017022231 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20170802031152.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=10F3AF18621111E7BC2B04C5DAD10320 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search