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Thirteen years ago Magda witnessed the arrest of her mother by the Polish secret police. Now, as her country emerges from behind the Iron Curtain, a tip from a neighbor starts Magda on her quest to find out what would make a mother sacrifice her family. Deprived of the intimacy of family, seventeen-year-old Magda seeks answers and security in boys, men, and a river that flows ever onward—dividing Magda from the West and the future.
Background
Researched while I lived in Poland, this novella is my exploration of a fascinating moment in the history of Poland and of my love for the Polish people. Speaking to universal themes of loss and loneliness, Polska, 1994 is structured around the poems of Miłosz and the nocturnes of Chopin.
Polska, 1994 is available as an e-book directly from Amazon for Kindle.
Excerpts
CECILE’S WRITERS – “Jacek”
SOUL’S ROAD – An e-collection available on Amazon featuring “Empirical Facts”
TRANSLATION NEXUS – “East Meets West” in the original English and translated into over sixty languages via crowd-sourcing
Press
Download the media kit here.
Mention by the Polish Cultural Institute of London
Interview with Roxama Arama of Rewriting History
Interview with Ann Hedreen of The Restless Nest