A Treatise on Shelling Beans

Fiction & Literature, Psychological, Historical, Literary
Cover of the book A Treatise on Shelling Beans by Wieslaw Mysliwski, Steerforth Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Wieslaw Mysliwski ISBN: 9780914671015
Publisher: Steerforth Press Publication: December 3, 2013
Imprint: Archipelago Language: English
Author: Wieslaw Mysliwski
ISBN: 9780914671015
Publisher: Steerforth Press
Publication: December 3, 2013
Imprint: Archipelago
Language: English

Our hero and narrator is the aging caretaker of cottages at a summer resort. A mysterious visitor inspires him to share the story of his long life: we witness a happy childhood cut short by the war, his hiding from the Nazis buried in a heap of potatoes, his plodding attempts to play the saxophone, the brutal murder of his family, loves lost but remembered, and footloose travels abroad. Told in the manner of friends and neighbors swapping stories over the mundane task of shelling beans—in the grand oral tradition of Myśliwski’s celebrated Stone Upon Stone—each anecdote, lived experience, and memory accrues cross-stitched layers of meaning. By turns hilarious and poignant, A Treatise on Shelling Beans is an epic recounting of a life that, while universal, is anything but ordinary.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Our hero and narrator is the aging caretaker of cottages at a summer resort. A mysterious visitor inspires him to share the story of his long life: we witness a happy childhood cut short by the war, his hiding from the Nazis buried in a heap of potatoes, his plodding attempts to play the saxophone, the brutal murder of his family, loves lost but remembered, and footloose travels abroad. Told in the manner of friends and neighbors swapping stories over the mundane task of shelling beans—in the grand oral tradition of Myśliwski’s celebrated Stone Upon Stone—each anecdote, lived experience, and memory accrues cross-stitched layers of meaning. By turns hilarious and poignant, A Treatise on Shelling Beans is an epic recounting of a life that, while universal, is anything but ordinary.

More books from Steerforth Press

Cover of the book Fear by Wieslaw Mysliwski
Cover of the book Tales of Adam by Wieslaw Mysliwski
Cover of the book The Spectre of Alexander Wolf by Wieslaw Mysliwski
Cover of the book The Hunting Gun by Wieslaw Mysliwski
Cover of the book About Time by Wieslaw Mysliwski
Cover of the book The Hideout by Wieslaw Mysliwski
Cover of the book Something Will Happen, You'll See by Wieslaw Mysliwski
Cover of the book Moscow in the Plague Year by Wieslaw Mysliwski
Cover of the book The Uncannily Strange and Brief Life of Amedeo Modigliani by Wieslaw Mysliwski
Cover of the book The Gravediggers' Bread by Wieslaw Mysliwski
Cover of the book Wildwitch: Bloodling by Wieslaw Mysliwski
Cover of the book Slow Boat by Wieslaw Mysliwski
Cover of the book The Third Tower by Wieslaw Mysliwski
Cover of the book The Paradiso Files by Wieslaw Mysliwski
Cover of the book Golden Pavements by Wieslaw Mysliwski
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy