White Nights
Urszula Honek
Interconnected stories concerning the various tragedies and misfortunes that befall a group of people who all grew up and live(d) in the Beskid Mountains in southern Poland. Each story centres a different character and how they manage to survive despite the poverty, disappointment, tragedy, despair, brutality and futility that surrounds them.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- MTO Press
- Year
- 2023
- ISBN-13
- 9781916913004
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topics
- Poverty and survivalRural life and communityTragedy and resilience
Awards
- International Booker PrizeLonglistedMajor(2024)
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