{"product_id":"warsaw-tales-9780192855565","title":"Warsaw Tales","description":"\u003cem\u003eWarsaw Tales\u003c\/em\u003e is an anthology of short stories and non-fiction set in the Polish capital. Beginning in 1911 with Boleslaw Prus' \u003cem\u003eApparitions\u003c\/em\u003e, the collected stories provide a chronological account of the city's tumultuous and dramatic history. Each story captures a phase of Warsaw's past, through the interwar period as a Polish republic, the Second World War and the city's Nazi occupation, the post-war city in ruins and its rebuilding under the communist regime, and its new status as the capital of an independent Poland in 1989. With each story set in a specific part of the city, the collection becomes a guidebook to Warsaw's temporal, spatial, and psychological geography. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis collection features a wide variety of authors including Boleslaw Prus, Maria Kuncewiczowa, Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz, Ludwik Hering, Zofia Petersowa, Marek Hlasko, Kazimierz Orlos, Hanna Krall, Antoni Libera, Zbigniew Mentzel, Olga Tokarczuk, and Krzysztof Varga.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Helen Constantine, Antonia Lloyd-Jones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/12\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e City Tales\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.64h x 5.34w x 0.57d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780192855565","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43176858812553,"sku":"9780192855565","price":16.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_a16015f1-e4c7-4c00-bfe7-bc4f2f238a67.jpg?v=1733216124","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/warsaw-tales-9780192855565","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}