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Agata Izabela Brewer The Hunger Book (Paperback) 21st Century Essays
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- Book Title
- Hunger Book : a Memoir from Communist Poland
- Publication Name
- The Hunger Book
- Title
- The Hunger Book
- Subtitle
- A Memoir from Communist Poland
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 0814258786
- EAN
- 9780814258781
- ISBN
- 9780814258781
- Publisher
- Ohio State University Press
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections
- Topic
- European / Eastern (See Also Russian & Former Soviet Union), Personal Memoirs, General, Essays
- Release Year
- 2023
- Release Date
- 29/09/2023
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Item Length
- 8.5in
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 10.1 Oz
- Series
- 21st Century Essays
- Publication Year
- 2023
- Number of Pages
- 240 Pages
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"A searing memoir about growing up behind the Iron Curtain, motherhood, addiction, and finding sustenance in the natural world." -- Kirkus In The Hunger Book, Agata Izabela Brewer evokes her Polish childhood under Communism, where the warmth of her grandparents' love and the scent of mushrooms drying in a tiny apartment are as potent as the deprivations and traumas of life with a terrifyingly unstable, alcoholic single mother. Brewer indelibly renders stories of foraging for food, homemade potato vodka (one of the Eastern Bloc's more viable currencies), blood sausage, sparrows plucked and fried with linseed oil, and the respite of a country garden plot, all amid Stalinist-era apartment buildings, food shortages, martial law, and nuclear disaster in nearby Ukraine. Brewer reflects on all of this from her immigrant's vantage point, as she wryly tries to convince her children to enjoy the mushrooms she gathers from a roadside and grieves when they choose to go by Americanized versions of their Polish names. Hunting mushrooms, like her childhood, carried both reward and mortal peril. The Hunger Book, which includes recipes, is an unforgettable meditation on motherhood and addiction, resilience and love.
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Publisher
Ohio State University Press
ISBN-10
0814258786
ISBN-13
9780814258781
eBay Product ID (ePID)
7061253139
Product Key Features
Book Title
Hunger Book : a Memoir from Communist Poland
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
European / Eastern (See Also Russian & Former Soviet Union), Personal Memoirs, General, Essays
Publication Year
2023
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.5in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
10.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ct275.S998a3 2023
Reviews
"Deeply moving . . . the book evokes viscerally remembered historical moments . . . If memoir writing is about making meaning out of memories, and good nonfiction is about living in someone else's head for the spell of a narrative, you will be glad you spent time in the thoughtful, insightful mind of Agata Izabela Brewer, digging for meaning." --Ania Spyra, Chicago Review of Books, "A fascinating story of one woman's divided loyalties, an ode and a lament told in brisk and unusual prose. Brewer does a gorgeous job of tying together the toxic and beneficial sides of mushrooms, mothers, and motherlands. A page-turner from which I learned a great deal." --Jennifer Croft, Booker Prize-winning translator of Olga Tokarczuk's work, "What a rare and harrowing pleasure! Agata Izabela Brewer spins a bleak, tender, gorgeously riveting tale from material both sweepingly political and mesmerizingly intimate. The miracle--and our great good fortune--is that she survived, that she is here to tell it." --Joy Castro, author of One Brilliant Flame, "A searing memoir about growing up behind the Iron Curtain, motherhood, addiction, and finding sustenance in the natural world....A memorable meditation on hunger for food and love, childhood in a totalitarian regime, and resilience." -- Kirkus, " The Hunger Book is vivid, startling, and lush with the smells of wild mushrooms and rose petal jam. This captivating family story reminds us that we hunger for more than food." --Dinty W. Moore, author of Between Panic & Desire, " The Hunger Book is a forthright, tender memoir about intergenerational trauma and the nuances of maternal love." --Michelle Anne Schingler, Foreword Reviews
Copyright Date
2023
Lccn
2023-011456
Dewey Decimal
943.805092 B
Intended Audience
Trade
Series
21st Century Essays Ser.
Dewey Edition
23/Eng/20230522
Illustrated
Yes
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