The Graveyard |
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| Author:
| Hlasko, Marek |
| Translator:
| Guterman, Norbert |
| Introduction by:
| Sallis, James |
| Series title: | Neversink Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-61219-294-9 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2013 |
| Publisher: | Melville House Publishing
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $35.00 |
Book Description:
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This is a gritty tale about Communist Poland from one of the original 'Angry Young Men' Marek Hlasko. When Party member Franciszek Kowalski drunkenly insults a police man, his outburst is taken as criticism of the government, and he is both arrested and expelled from the Party. Kowalski, a true believer, attempts to rehabilitate himself by gathering testimonies from the men he fought alongside as an anti-Nazi partisan in the People's Army; but each meeting with his former comrades...
More DescriptionThis is a gritty tale about Communist Poland from one of the original 'Angry Young Men' Marek Hlasko. When Party member Franciszek Kowalski drunkenly insults a police man, his outburst is taken as criticism of the government, and he is both arrested and expelled from the Party. Kowalski, a true believer, attempts to rehabilitate himself by gathering testimonies from the men he fought alongside as an anti-Nazi partisan in the People's Army; but each meeting with his former comrades takes him further down into the underworld that has been there all along.