Obsoletki

A collection of miniatures centred on pregnancy, birth and loss. Miscarriage, a subject the culture usually avoids or dismisses, is the point around which the pieces gather, but there is no pathos or funereal tone. The narrator mixes daily life with fantasy, dreams and the absurd; the stories break off, jump and never form one continuous tale. Humour, the grotesque and linguistic surprises sit alongside a dark, moving undercurrent.

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About the book

Form

Short stories

Length

89 pages in the original

First published

2010 by Wydawnictwo Czarne

Author's age

33 when first published

ISBN

9788375362268 (original)