{"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\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Letter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/13\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781940953588\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d","brand":"Wojciech Nowicki","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36671548129436,"sku":"9781940953588","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_0e44268b-be7b-40ba-a124-fa9e1f6480b5.jpg?v=1603925669","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/salki-9781940953588","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}