All this month at the European Literature Network, we have been celebrating the London Book Fair 2017’s Poland Market Focus. Our first print magazine, The Riveter focuses on Polish literature and was published on the opening day of the fair. In addition, our #Riveting Reviews this month have had a
Orzeszkowa’s On the Niemen (1888) in Michelle Granas’s translation superbly catches the atmosphere of partition and insurrection. By Ursula Phillips On the Niemen By Eliza Orzeszkowa Translated by Michelle Granas Published by Michelle Granas Ursula Phillips is a literary historian and
Now in its second year, the New Voices project has given a global platform to interesting writers who were little known outside their own countries. Ten emerging writers from Europe have been selected for special promotion during 2017-18. The names of the Ten New Voices were announced at the 2017 Lo
They made seventeen holes in his body. Four of the bullets pierced his abdominal cavity, six went into the right lung, one went into the inner part of his neck on the left side, another one lodged in the back of his head and the rest wounded various parts of his body. Forty-three-year-old Edmundo Be
This book of reportage documents three instances of severe environmental damage and industrial skulduggery committed by major international companies, to the detriment of local people fighting for their rights in areas of the Amazon rainforest. Part One, “Death in the Amazon”, describes the assa
“Is Our Lady coming to the pool with us?” my daughter asked. She was holding the blue plastic Virgin Mary filled with Holy Water from Licheń and fiddling with the white crown. “I don’t think so,” I ventured. My daughter turned me to ash with a look from those eyes of hers filled entirely
