Spalone lato

by Taras Prokhasko, Renata Rusnak (Translator)

Spalone lato Prochaśki to dziennik pisarza. Choć jego przemyślenia wydają się często uniwersalne dla całej europejskiej tożsamości, to jednak wyrastają w sposób prosty i przejrzysty z ukraińskiej rzeczywistości. I to jest największą zaletą książki. Prochaśko nie stara się być na siłę europejski, nikogo nie udaje. Jego książka to przede wszystkim mapa i przewodnik po ukraińskiej duszy. Tej duszy, której - mimo sąsiedztwa - w ogóle nie znamy.

133 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Taras Prokhasko studied Biology at Lviv University. He has worked as a radio operator, an editor, a bartender, the host of a radio program, a forester, a teacher, a gallery proprietor, a screen writer, a video operator and a gardener. For the past ten years he has worked as a journalist. He is the author of Inshi dni Anny (Anna's Other Days, 1998), FM Halychyna (FM Galicia, 2001), Neprosti (The UnSimple, 2002), Leksykon tayemnykh znan (Lexicon of Secretive Knowledge, 2005), Z tsyoho mozhna bulo b zrobyty kilka opovidan (Could Have Made a Couple of Stories from This, 2005), and Port Frankivsk (2006). He has also published a number of books in his Inshiy Format series featuring interviews he conducted with leading Ukrainian intellectuals. Several of Mr. Prokhasko's books have been translated and published in Poland, Russia and Germany. His novella Necropolis and novel The UnSimple have been translated and published in English. Taras Prokhasko is the recipient of the Joseph Conrad Award (2007) as well as Korrespondent magazine's Best Ukrainian Book Award (2006, 2007).