{"product_id":"killing-auntie-9781939931214","title":"Killing Auntie","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Deliciously wicked ... readers will also find plenty to enjoy (one sequence of unwitting cannibalism is particularly memorable).\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Fast-moving and witty in style and tone, this novel is one not soon forgotten.\"--\u003ci\u003eWorld Literature Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"There's considerable charm to Bursa's clever variation on the story of youth seeking purpose ... A nicely off-beat little novel.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Complete Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Polish postwar firebrand Andrzej Bursa acquired a reputation as a quick-burning, existentially tormented rebel. . . . Yet Bursa's dark humor and deadpan satire . . . keep utter bleakness at bay.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A revolution against the banality of everyday life.\"--\u003ci\u003eGazeta Krakowska\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA young university student named Jurek, with no particular ambitions or talents, is adrift. After his doting aunt asks him to perform a small chore, he decides to kill her for no good reason other than, perhaps, boredom. \u003ci\u003eKilling Auntie\u003c\/i\u003e follows Jurek as he seeks to dispose of the corpse--a task more difficult than one might imagine--and then falls in love with a girl he meets on a train. Can he tell her what he's done? Will that ruin everything?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I'm convinced--simply--that we are all guilty,\" says Jurek, and his adventures with nosy neighbors, false-toothed grandmothers, and love-making lynxes shed light on how an entire society becomes involved in the murder and disposal of dear old Auntie. This is a short comedic masterpiece combining elements of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Jean-Paul Sartre, Franz Kafka, and Joseph Heller, coming together in the end to produce an unforgettable tale of murder and--just maybe--redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrzej Bursa\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1934 in Krakow, Poland, and died twenty-five years later. In his brief lifetime he composed some of the most original Polish writing of the twentieth century. \u003ci\u003eKilling Auntie\u003c\/i\u003e is his only novel. His brilliant career and tragic early death established him as a cult figure among restless and disenchanted youth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Vessel Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/04\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781939931214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.20w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/13\/2015\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Andrzej Bursa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38212572807349,"sku":"9781939931214","price":11.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_70c708da-6dcf-4dbb-b1de-85252b15bc72.jpg?v=1610436073","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/killing-auntie-9781939931214","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}