{"product_id":"id-like-to-say-sorry-but-theres-no-one-to-say-sorry-to-stories-9781620976838","title":"I'd Like to Say Sorry, But There's No One to Say Sorry to: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the National Jewish Book Awards\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist, National Translation Award in Prose\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn exquisitely original collection of darkly funny stories that explore the panorama of Jewish experience in contemporary Poland, from a world-class contemporary writer \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"These small, searing prose pieces are moving and unsettling at the same time. If the diagnosis they present is right, then we have a great problem in Poland.\" --Olga Tokarczuk, Nobel Prize laureate and author of \u003cem\u003eFlights\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMikolaj Grynberg is a psychologist and photographer who has spent years collecting and publishing oral histories of Polish Jews. In his first work of fiction--a book that has been widely praised by critics and was shortlisted for Poland's top literary prize--Grynberg recrafts those histories into little jewels, fictionalized short stories with the ring of truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth biting and knowing, \u003cem\u003eI'd Like to Say Sorry, but There's No One to Say Sorry To\u003c\/em\u003e takes the form of first-person vignettes, through which Grynberg explores the daily lives and tensions within Poland between Jews and gentiles haunted by the Holocaust and its continuing presence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \"Unnecessary Trouble,\" a grandmother discloses on her deathbed that she is Jewish; she does not want to die without her family knowing. What is passed on to the family is fear and the struggle of what to do with this information. In \"Cacophony,\" Jewish identity is explored through names, as Miron and his son Jurek demonstrate how heritage is both accepted and denied. In \"My Five Jews,\" a non-Jewish narrator remembers five interactions with her Jewish countrymen, and her own anti-Semitism, ruefully noting that perhaps she was wrong and should apologize, but no one is left to say \"I'm sorry\" to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach of the thirty-one stories is a dazzling and haunting mini-monologue that highlights a different facet of modern Poland's complex and difficult relationship with its Jewish past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMikolaj Grynberg\u003c\/b\u003e is a photographer, author, and trained psychologist. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eSurvivors of the 20th Century\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eI Accuse Auschwitz\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Exodus\u003c\/em\u003e as well as \u003cem\u003eI'd Like to Say Sorry, but There's No One to Say Sorry To\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eConfidential\u003c\/em\u003e (The New Press). \u003cem\u003eI'd Like to Say Sorry, but There's No One to Say Sorry To\u003c\/em\u003e, his first work of fiction, was a finalist for the Nike, Poland's top literary prize. He lives in Poland.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525549265170,"sku":"9781620976838","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8cf490b6-2c44-41f3-898f-056203df5f9a.jpg?v=1731226505","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/id-like-to-say-sorry-but-theres-no-one-to-say-sorry-to-stories-9781620976838","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}