Once Upon a Time in Kazimierz

A Love Story during the Great Depression in Poland

Once Upon a Time in Kazimierz
Barbara Pearman
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Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 352pg
28 Feb 2022 UK
International import eta 10-19 days
9781803130514
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1930; Poland' s economy is beginning to suffer as a result of the Great Depression. Kind-hearted but naive Marianna lives with her parents in the rural village of Zalipie in southeast Poland. This small farming community is all she has ever known, and she dreams of a different life in the city. A whirlwind romance with Leon, a dashing but egotistical musician, leads to a hasty marriage providing her with an opportunity for change. Leon' s father, Stanislaw, runs the local grocery store in Kazimierz, a busy district of Krakow. His fellow shopkeepers and their families are a close-knit, diverse community and they welcome the couple with open arms, but the lives of the inhabitants of this small row of shops will be changed forever by the arrival of the newlywed couple. Using rich descriptive prose, Barbara Pearman sets a series of scenes around everyday life that provide a range of insights into the diverse cast of characters' personal lives, recollections and sometimes wild imaginings.
Barbara Pearman is a practising artist but after joining a creative writing class she swapped her brush for a pen and began painting with words. Her work, richly descriptive, evokes a sense of place, and her first published piece appeared in Hi2020, one of a prize-winning collection of twenty short stories chosen from over a thousand new writer entries.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781803130514
Published: 28 Feb 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Matador
Publisher: Troubador Publishing
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Pages: 352

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