There Are No Expressways on Golden Roads
A declaration of love for untrodden paths and neglected regions, wandering through memories and dreams seen through the window of a moving car. Stasiuk masterfully interweaves history, culture and...
A declaration of love for untrodden paths and neglected regions, wandering through memories and dreams seen through the window of a moving car. Stasiuk masterfully interweaves history, culture and nature with images of an untamed present. A handbook for readers longing to venture out into the unknown.
In a very old-fashioned way, we could describe this small, great book as a vade mecum – an indispensable guidebook not just for travellers, but for everyone who finds no pleasure in re-treading well-worn paths.« Andreas Wirthensohn, Wiener Zeitung
»As is so often the case, Stasiuk shows … that he is an expert on the peripheral spaces largely ignored by tourists, which he brings to life in the most inimitable way.« Björn Gauges, Fuldaer Zeitung
»… Minimalism is the exact opposite of Stasiuk’s linguistic force, which makes the most minute of bodily impulses flicker in countless words.« Nico Bleutge, Süddeutsche Zeitung
»… a small book that leaves a powerful impression …« Marta Kijowska, Deutschlandfunk
In a very old-fashioned way, we could describe this small, great book as a vade mecum – an indispensable guidebook not just for travellers, but for everyone who finds no pleasure in re-treading...
Persons
Andrzej Stasiuk
Andrzej Stasiuk, born in Warsaw in 1960, has been living in the Beskides since 1986. He writes poems, stories, novels, also works as a journalist and scriptwriter and together with his wife Monika Sznajderman directs the publishing house Czarne located in Wolowiec. He has received numerous literary awards, among them the Samuel Bogumil Linde Prize for Literature (2002), the Nike Prize (Poland, 2005) for Jadąc do Babadag, the Adalbert Stifter Prize (2005), the Vilenica Prize and the Austrian State Prize for European Literature (2016).
Andrzej Stasiuk, born in Warsaw in 1960, has been living in the Beskides since 1986. He writes poems, stories, novels, also works as a...
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Crossing
Spain (Acantilado), France (Actes Sud), Sweden (Ersatz), Croatia (Fraktura), Slovenia (Cankarjeva Založba)
The Beskid Chronicles
Taksim
Spain (Acantilado), Catalan rights (Comanegra), France (Actes Sud), Sweden (Ersatz), Norway (Aschehoug), Slovakia (Slovart), Hungary (Magveto), Croatia (Fraktura), Slovenia (Studentska Zalozba Beletrina)
The East
France (Actes Sud), Sweden (Ersatz), Czech Republic (Kniha Zlin, s. r. o), Slovakia (Slovart), Croatia (Fraktura), Ukraine (Old Lion),
A Short Book about Dying
Spain (Acantilado), France (Actes Sud), Italy (Atmosphere Libri), Hungary (Magveto),
Post-Scriptum Diary
Dojczland
Previously published in the respective language / territory; rights available again: France (Christian Bourgois), Romania (RAO)
Fado
Slovenia (Cankarjeva založba)
Previously published in the respective language / territory; rights available again: English world rights (Dalkey Archive), France (Christian Bourgois), Romania (RAO), Ukraine (Grani-T)
On the Road to Babadag
USA (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), Spanish world rights (Quaderns Crema/El Acantilado), Chinese simplex rights (Guangdong Flower City Publishing House), Sweden (Ersatz), Slovakia (Absynt), Turkey (Livera)
Previously published in the respective language / territory; rights available again: UK (Harvill Secker), Russia (NLO), France (Christian Bourgois), Italy (Bompiani), Netherlands (De Geus), Finland (Like), Hungary (Magvetö), Bulgaria (Paradox), Romania (RAO), Lithuania (Kitos Knygos), Croatia (Fraktura), Serbia (Dereta), Slovenia (Beletrina), Albania (Mesonjetorja)
Winter
Like in Stasiuk’s famous Galician Stories,...
Galician Tales
Spanish world rights (Acantilado), Serbia (Heliks), Ukraine (Old Lion)
Previously published in the respective language / territory; rights available again: France (Christian Bourgois), Netherlands (De Geus), Slovakia (Slovart), Bulgaria (Paradox), Slovenia (Cankarjeva Zalozba), India (Hindi; Rajkamal Prakashan)
My Europe
Spanish world rights (Acantilado), France (Noir sur Blanc), Italy (print edition Mimesis / digital edition GoWare), Hungary (Kijarat), Bulgaria (Lektura), Romania (Polirom)
Previously published in the respective language / territory; rights available again: Czech Republic (Periplum), Croatia (Fraktura)
Cardboard Airplane
Impressions from Central Europe, a metaphor of the ›variety of worlds‹: a medial cosmos here, the disposability of each and every possible information, a fallen into decay sanatorium there, a ›Galician Magic Mountain‹.
Andrzej Stasiuk's essays and autobiographic album is not only a mirrot of authors – such as his preferred ones: Beckett, Hrbal and Platonow –, books...
Nine
USA (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), UK (Harvill Secker), Spanish world rights (Acantilado), Italy (Giunti), Amharic (Hohe)
Previously published in the respective language / territory; rights available again: Russia (Azbooka), France (Christian Bourgois), Netherlands (De Geus), Sweden (print rights: Norstedts; digital rights: Ersatz), Slovenia (Beletrina), Hungary (Magvetö), Bulgaria (Paradox), Romania (RAO), Croatia (Fraktura), Serbia (Booka)
How I Became a Writer
France (Actes Sud), Ukraine (Discursus)
Previously published in the respective language / territory; rights available again: Korea (Saemulgyul), Czech Republic (Prostor), Hungary (Poket), Romania (Paralela)
Dukla
English world rights (Dalkey Archive), Spanish world rights (Acantilado), Slovenia (Beletrina), Turkey (Livera), Azerbaijan (Alatoran)
Previously published in the respective language / territory; rights available again: Russia (NLO), France (Christian Bourgois), Italy (Bompiani), Sweden (print rights; Norstedts), Sweden (digital rights; Ersatz), Norway (Aschehoug), Slovakia (Baum), Hungary (Magvetö)
Across the River
The White Raven
UK (Serpent’s Tail), Russia (Azbooka), France (Noir sur Blanc), Italy (Bompiani), Netherlands (De Geus), Finland (Taifuuni), Hungary (Europa), Bulgaria (Paradox), Serbia (Clio)
