A Long, Long Time Ago & Essentially True
Brigid Pasulka
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Éditeur:
Open Road Media
Open Road Media
Protection:
Filigrane
Filigrane
Année de parution:
2009
2009
ISBN-13:
9780547428475
Description:
<DIV><B>PEN/Hemingway Award Winner: A “gorgeous” novel weaving together stories of Poland past and present in one whimsically romantic epic (<I>Chicago Tribune</I>).</B><BR /><BR /> On the eve of World War II, in a small Polish village, a young man nicknamed the Pigeon falls in love with a girl fabled for her angelic looks. To build a place in Anielica’s heart, he transforms her family’s modest hut into a beautiful home. But war arrives, cutting short their courtship and sending the young lovers off to the promise of a fresh start in Krakow.<BR />  <BR /> Nearly fifty years later, the couple’s granddaughter, Beata, repeats this journey, seeking a new life in the fairy-tale city of her grandmother’s stories. But instead of the rumored prosperity of the New Poland, she discovers a city full of frustrated youths, caught between its future and its past. Taken in by her tough-talking cousin, Irena, and her glamorous daughter, Magda, Beata struggles to find her own place in the world. But unexpected events—tragedies and miracles both—change lives and open eyes.<BR />  <BR /> “A whimsical debut,” (<I>New York Times Book Review</I>) <I>A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True</I> weaves together two remarkable stories, reimagining half a century of Polish history through the legacy of one unforgettable love affair. This magical, heartbreaking novel “rings hauntingly, enchantingly, real” (<I>National Geographic Traveler</I>).<BR />  <BR /> “With a touch of Marina Lewycka and a dash of <I>Captain Corelli’s Mandolin</I>, this is storytelling that gets under your skin and forces you to press copies into your best friends’ hands.” —<I>Elle </I>(UK)<BR />  <BR /> “Funny and romantic like all the best true stories.” —Charlotte Mendelson, author of <I>When We Were Bad</I></DIV>
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