Brigid pasulka biography of barack
Brigid pasulka biography of barack
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A Long, Long Time Ago & Essentially True
A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True
by Brigid Pasulka
Houghton Mifflin, 354 pages.
ISBN: 978-0547055077
Upon telling anyone who knows anything about Poland that I had found a book that accurately, hilariously, and poignantly described the spirit and modern history of Poland, I’m sure I would receive incredulous looks.
How could a 350-page fiction novel possibly give the necessary depth to Poland’s intricate past? A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True by Brigid Pasulka tackles this gargantuan task in an entertaining and skillful fashion.
Pasulka, “a descendent of Polish immigrants…first arrived in [Poland] in the early nineties, with no contacts, no knowledge of the language, and only a vague idea of Polish culture…quickly fell in love with the place, learned Polish, and decided to stay,” according to her book jacket biography.
A Long, Long Time Ago…, her first novel, is an enchanted love story—both between t