{"product_id":"9781940953595","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","brand":"Open Letter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47141439897840,"sku":"9781940953595","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781940953595_p0.jpg?v=1763757225","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781940953595","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}