Reading as part of the 1st international literature festival graal-müritz
The award-winning Polish poet Urszula Honek presents her epic debut novel: in thirteen interwoven stories, she depicts a village at the foot of the Beskids, where a girl unsuspectingly accompanies her dying grandmother, women dream of a different life and young men already carry death in their hearts. Honek uses her language to create a magical, realistic portrait of the Polish provinces. "In her debut stories 'The White Nights', the Polish poet Urszula Honek creates a pre-modern rural hinterland. These thirteen stories are carefully interwoven and descend deep into the archaic layers of the village world." (Sigrid Löffler, SZ)
