| Accommodations Contributor(s): Greg, Wioletta (Author), Croft, Jennifer (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1945492236 ISBN-13: 9781945492235 Publisher: Transit Books OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Women - Fiction | Small Town & Rural |
| Dewey: 891.853 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.2" W x 8" (0.50 lbs) 170 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age - Demographic Orientation - Rural - Demographic Orientation - Small Town |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A continuation of her Man Booker-nominated debut, Accommodations is Swallowing Mercury all grown up Accommodations follows Wiola after she leaves her childhood village, a close-knit agricultural community in Poland where the Catholic calendar and local gossip punctuate daily life. Her new independence in the nearby city of Czestochowa is far from a fresh start, as she moves between a hostel and a nuns' convent brimming with secrets, taking in the stories of those around her. In the same striking prose that drew readers to her critically acclaimed debut, Accommodations navigates Wiola's winding path to self-discovery. |
Contributor Bio(s): Greg, Wioletta: - WIOLETTA GREG is a Polish writer; she was born in a small village in 1974 in the Jurassic Highland of Poland. In 2006, she left Poland and moved to the UK. Between 1998-2012 she published six poetry volumes, as well as a novel, Swallowing Mercury, which spans her childhood and her experience of growing up in Communist Poland. Her works have been translated into seven languages.Croft, Jennifer: - Jennifer Croft is the recipient of Fulbright, PEN, Tin House, MacDowell, and National Endowment for the Arts grants and fellowships, as well as the inaugural Michael Henry Heim Prize for Translation. She holds a PhD from Northwestern University and an MFA from the University of Iowa and is a founding editor of The Buenos Aires Review. Her translation of Olga Tokarczuk's Flights won the 2018 Man Booker International Prize. |