false <![CDATA[Dom dzienny, dom nocny]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188804152m/537619.jpg 537611 12 <div>The English translation of the prize-winning international bestseller<br><br>Nowa Ruda is a small town in Silesia, an area that has been a part of Poland, Germany, and the former Czechoslovakia in the past. When the narrator moves into the area, she and discovers everyone-and everything-has its own story. With the help of Marta, her enigmatic neighbor, the narrator accumulates these stories, tracing the history of Nowa Ruda from the founding of the town to the lives of its saints, from the caller who wins the radio quiz every day to the tale of the man who causes international tension when he dies on the border, one leg on the Polish side, the other on the Czech side. Each of the stories represents a brick and they interlock to reveal the immense monument that is the town. What emerges is the message that the history of any place--no matter how humble--is limitless, that by describing or digging at the roots of a life, a house, or a neighborhood, one can see all the connections, not only with one's self and one's dreams but also with all of the universe.<br><br>Richly imagined, weaving in anecdote with recipes and gossip, Tokarczuk's novel is an epic of a small place. Since its original publication in 1998 it has remained a bestseller in Poland. <i>House of Day, House of Night</i> is the English-language debut of one of Europe's best young writers.<br></div> 525037 book 1998 House of Day, House of Night (Writings from an Unbound Europe) total:72|5:33|4:25|3:10|2:3|1:1| 72 302 109 9 5 0 false false Mon Feb 02 00:47:24 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 00:53:16 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 02 14:04:06 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 30 13:32:48 -0700 2007
One of the most original books as well. The story is loosely based around a rural site in southern Poland and focused upon a pair of small scale farmers. There are diversions into historical events, other villagers and the lives of saints. ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Sep 18 06:37:17 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 06:37:17 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Aug 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 10:43:15 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 03:51:32 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 06:19:57 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 09:16:11 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Nov 09 12:25:14 -0800 2009 Wed Aug 12 05:57:43 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 06:00:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Oct 01 08:44:07 -0700 2008 Mon Jan 14 00:38:39 -0800 2008 Wed Oct 01 08:44:07 -0700 2008 3 0 true false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 17 19:27:28 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 30 18:28:14 -0700 2007
Your house is your larger body.
It grows in the sun and sleeps in the stillness of the night;
and it is not dreamless.
Does not your house dream? And dreaming, leave the
city for grove or hilltop?
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