{"product_id":"salki","title":"Salki","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"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\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLying 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 \u003ci\u003eSalki\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWinner of the prestigious Gdynia Literary Award for Essay, \u003ci\u003eSalki\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWojciech Nowicki\u003c\/b\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003eSalki\u003c\/i\u003e is his first book to be translated into English.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJan Pytalski\u003c\/b\u003e is a graduate of the American Studies Center at the University of Warsaw, and has an MA in translation from the University of Rochester.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Open Letter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781940953588\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Open Letter","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £6.55","offer_id":47958495985841,"sku":"SB-1940953588-C3","price":6.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1940953588.jpg?v=1790049467","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/salki","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}