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Die erste Polka

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Gleiwitz Suite, volume 1.

378 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1975

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Horst Bienek

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Horst Bieneck is best known for his “Gleiwitz cycle” of four novels about his native Silesia (Poland) “The First Polka” (1975), “September Light” (1977), “Time Without Bells” (1979) and “Earth and Fire” (1982). As a young man he was imprisoned in a Siberian labor camp until 1955, and his first novel “The Cell” (1968) describes his experiences there as a political prisoner. Later he worked in the media in West Germany while writing novels. He was the winner of the Nellie Sachs Prize, the Bremen Literature Prize and the William Raabe Prize.

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Profile Image for Klemens.
42 reviews
June 7, 2025
Książka zmysłów - smak, wzrok i zapach.
Dobra i ważna lektura.

Czy to kwestia tłumaczenia? - podkreślone z wykrzyknikiem w wypożyczonym egzemplarzu z biblioteki:
"... pochodziła z Sosnowca, z polskiej części Górnego Śląska ..."
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25 reviews
December 23, 2025
kein schlechtes Buch, bin aber irgendwie nie richtig in Flow gekommen und deswegen nicht 100% enjoyable
5 reviews
August 11, 2023
jest okej, bardziej ze względu na moją nostalgię do Gliwic niż inne rzeczy.

uwielbiam rozterki o Korfantym w tej książce. Zwłaszcza wypowiadane przez zagubionego pół-Żyda który nie wie do końca kim jest. Cudowny wątek, który niestety wraz z końcem książki się skończył

Skończył się też drugi fajny ehhhhh

ogólnie zacząłem następną część, ale porzuciłem.

Horst Bienek to czasem chory człowiek był
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March 31, 2013
At first it seemed sort of blah, and then I realized I had read 100 pages without pausing. Strangely absorbing but quite understated. Atmospheric, but with utterly simple-seeming language - you basically don't notice the prose at all. Not a must-read, but quite enjoyable.
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