Lit in Translation

Not There

Nie ma

Mariusz Szczygieł (born 1966)

Translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones

English editions

In English

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Someone is missing, or something: a past, a grave, a sister, door handles, blue tulips. Each piece circles a different absence. The author's interlocutors include a Czech poet, a Ukrainian soldier, a Polish accountant, an Israeli novelist and his own father, whom he takes to Prague one last time.

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About the book

Form
Nonfiction
Length
331 pages in the original
First published
2018 by Dowody na Istnienie
Author's age
52 when first published
ISBN

9788365970312 (original)

9781068740480 (Linden Editions, United Kingdom)

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