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A Polish Son in the Motherland
Searching for the remnants of his family, Leonard Kniffel left Chicago in 2000 to live in Poland. A Polish Son in the Motherland is the story of a search for roots and for the reasons why one family's ties were severed more than fifty years ago. Along the way, we see what half a century of communism did to Poland and how the residue of World War II lingers. The author's se...more
Paperback, 246 pages
Published
March 1st 2005
by Texas A&M University Press
(first published February 25th 2005)
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There are moments when things feel a little too documentary in this book. For example, when the author begins to list his findings, paragraph-style, about his family tree. Something he says he never had an interest in, but that we are made to sit through. And the author uses the phrase, "My grandmother must have seen/touched/been here when this statue/house/event happened" way too often. Enough to almost render the thought powerless. Sometimes I wish we knew more about the author's ...more
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Searching for the remnants of his family, Leonard Kniffel left Chicago in 2000 to live in Poland. A Polish Son in the Motherland is the story of a search for roots and for the reasons why one family's ties were severed more than fifty years ago. Along the way, we see what half a century of communism did to Poland and how the residue of World War II lingers.The author's search begins inauspiciously, but he soon meets a local wine merchant and her son, who are eager t...more
Searching for the remnants of his family, Leonard Kniffel left Chicago in 2000 to live in Poland. A Polish Son in the Motherland is the story of a search for roots and for the reasons why one family's ties were severed more than fifty years ago. Along the way, we see what half a century of communism did to Poland and how the residue of World War II lingers.The author's search begins inauspiciously, but he soon meets a local wine merchant and her son, who are eager t...more
At the same time I was reading Shtetl by Eva Hoffman, which was far better for someone who starts reading about Jews in Poland. A Polish Son In The Motherland: An American's Journey Home is more about an American coming to Poland in a search of his roots.
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