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Using true stories from her own family annals, Wioletta Greg makes a literary journey through the last century, from Poland at the outbreak of the First World War to present-day Britain. In her own selection of verse and prose poems, set mostly in the geographical heart of Europe, she charts two world wars, life under Communism and the ensuing liberation, and her own experiences as a migrant living in the Isle of Wight.
Contents
Part I 10 / Dziadek na moscie, lipiec 1914 Grandfather on a bridge, July 1914 / 11 12 / Dziadek jedzie do Warszawy - Grandfather on his way to Warsaw - / 13 16 / Dziadek ucieka ze stalagu - Grandfather escapes a stalag - / 17 18 / Trzynastoletnia w gulagu Thirteen in a gulag / 19 20 / Z puchem With down / 21 22 / Wykopki The digs / 23 24 / Zabawa obreczami Rolling hoops / 25 26 / Ferie Half-term / 27 28 / W szafie babci In grandma's wardrobe / 29 30 / Wszystko o mojej babce All about my grandmother / 31 32 / Pamiec Smieny Smena's memory / 33 34 / Wiersz wielkanocny An Easter verse / 35 36 / Zaginiona Missing / 37 38 / Wiosna, 1986 Spring, 1986 / 39 40 / Ruchy Browna Brownian motion / 41 42 / Majowe fikcje, 1989 May fictions, 1989 / 43 44 / Spoznione dokarmianie pszczol The late feeding of bees / 45 46 / Wszystko o moim ojcu All about my father / 47 48 / Gwiezdne Stargate / 49 50 / Zwijanie Wrapping up / 51 52 / Polowanie na pizmaki Hunting muskrats / 53 54 / Ojciec iluzjonista My father the magician / 55 56 / Pestki Pips / 57 58 / Lekcje plywania Swimming lessons / 59 60 / Iskry Sparks / 61 62 / Bajka o smierci A fairytale about death / 63 64 / Weselne rondo A wedding party / 65 66 / Kolysanka Lullaby / 67 68 / Oczy szerzej zamkniete Eyes shut wider / 69 70 / Narzeczeni wedkuja Lovers angling / 71 72 / Zawiazki Buds / 73 74 / List do kolezanki z Chin A letter to my friend from China / 75 76 / Czasy zespolone Complex times / 77 78 / Lektorzy Readers / 79 80 / Bajka o zyciu A fairytale about life / 81 82 / Bezsennosc w Ryde Sleepless in Ryde / 83 Part II 87 / Notatnik z Wyspy Notes from an island / 87
