His Current Woman
Autor Jerzy Pilch Traducere de Bill Johnstonen Limba Engleză Paperback – 16 apr 2002
Pawel Kohoutek, veterinarian and womanizer, looks out the window one morning to see his mistress approaching his house. That's bad. She is hauling her suitcase (containing her books) and her backpack (containing everything else she owns). That's worse. So Kohoutek does the only thing he can: He hides his current woman in the attic of the family slaughterhouse. Farce ensues as Kohoutek attempts to hide the woman from his eccentric family, their lodgers, and various offbeat visitors. A best-seller in Jerzy Pilch's native Poland, His Current Woman is an enjoyable literary send-up of what often passes for love.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780810119185
ISBN-10: 0810119188
Pagini: 136
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Northwestern University Press
Colecția Northwestern University Press
ISBN-10: 0810119188
Pagini: 136
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Northwestern University Press
Colecția Northwestern University Press
Notă biografică
Jerzy Pilch has been called the "hope of young Polish prose" by Czeslaw Milosz. He is the author of several novels. His Current Woman is his first novel to be translated into English. He lives in Warsaw.
Bill Johnson is an assistant professor at Indiana University. His recent translations include Stefan Żeromski's The Faithful River and Bolesław Prus's The Sins of Childhood and Other Stories, both published by Northwestern University Press.
Bill Johnson is an assistant professor at Indiana University. His recent translations include Stefan Żeromski's The Faithful River and Bolesław Prus's The Sins of Childhood and Other Stories, both published by Northwestern University Press.
Recenzii
"Wildly entertaining. . . . His Current Woman is a laugh-out-loud cautionary tale on the discomforts of marriage and the more painful consequences of pleasure." --New York Times
"That this novel is truly hilarious at times is just a bonus. . . . His Current Woman is an enjoyable little book that whets the appetite for more." --Review of Contemporary Fiction
"Comic and greatly entertaining." --Library Journal
"Sheer entertainment." --Kirkus
"Sheer entertainment." --Kirkus
Descriere
Pawel Kohoutek, veterinarian and womanizer, looks out the window one morning to see his mistress approaching his house. That's bad. She is hauling her suitcase (containing her books) and her backpack (containing everything else she owns). That's worse. So Kohoutek does the only thing he can: He hides his current woman in the attic of the family slaughterhouse. Farce ensues as Kohoutek attempts to hide the woman from his eccentric family, their lodgers, and various offbeat visitors. A best-seller in Jerzy Pilch's native Poland, His Current Woman is an enjoyable literary send-up of what often passes for love.