Two Cities: On Exile, History, and the Imagination by Adam Zagajewski (PDF)

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In this varied collection of deeply personal, lyrical essays and short literary sketches, leading contemporary Polish poet Adam Zagajewski contends with the effects of coming of age, both artistically and intellectually, in a totalitarian regime. No matter their subject, Zagajewski’s essays have the subtlety and resonance of poetry; his is one of the most intriguing voices in today’s Europe.

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Editorial Reviews: Review A compelling and thought-provoking group of essays . . . As the parts of [Zagajewski’s] life story begin to fall into place, an ironic and sad tapestry unrolls itself. Yet he’s not all gloom and doom: he’s often funny, and his humility is a strong virtue. (Booklist)Zagajewski . . . infuses these haunting autobiographical sketches, lyrical reflections, fables, fantasies, and aphoristic brief essays with a sense of traumatic loss and uprootedness. (Publishers Weekly)While the absence of apocalypse suggests that Zagajewski has moved beyond the avant-garde, the incredible variety and intricacy of his prose make clear that he is still in the midst of his own quiet revolution. (John Palattella Dissent) About the Author ADAM ZAGAJEWSKI is the author of several books of poetry, including Tremor and Mysticism for Beginners. He divides his time between Paris and Houston, where he is on the faculty of the Creative Writing Program at the University of Houston.

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⭐Love this book!

⭐An outstanding portrayal of the immigrants’ dilemmas. But the immigrants in “Two Cities” have nothing to do with the United States. They are exiled from Lvov, an ancient Polish town incorporated to the Soviet Union as a result of World War II, and sent to the post-German city of Gliwice in southern Poland. Everything that comes from Lvov or reminds them of Lvov is sacred while everything else is worthless. A child growing in the dual world of imaginary Lvov and real Gliwice has trouble finding his identity. He returns to the past, examines and questions the drama of the war, and struggles to reconcile his life with the semi-imaginative world that surrounds him. Two Cities as well as other short stories included in this book are true masterpieces but must be read with some minimum background on post-war Poland.

⭐My father hasn’t finished reading it all yet ! But recommends it to all who would really like to know what it was like (in a city) to live under two different flags! Really quite an experience….will update more when my father has completed his reading of this fascinating tale !

⭐An excellent book! Prompt delivery!

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