{"product_id":"salki-9781940953588","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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Open Letter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50857223848210,"sku":"9781940953588","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b5d585d6-11c4-4043-84eb-51cb75bf8965.jpg?v=1737525088","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/salki-9781940953588","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}