On the Road to Babadag: Travels in the Other Europe

187 Pages·2011·1.27 MB·English

by  Andrzej Stasiuk

Also by Andrzej Stasiuk
in English translation
WHITE RAVEN
TALES OF GALICIA
NINE
FADO

Copyright © 2004 by Andrzej Stasiuk English translation copyright © 2011 by
Michael Kandel All rights reserved
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Stasiuk, Andrzej, date.
[Jadac do Babadag. English]
On the road to Babadag : travels in the other Europe / Andrzej Stasiuk ;
translated by Michael Kandel.
p. cm.
Summary: "A collection of travel narratives from Central and Eastern Europe by
award-winning Polish author Andrzej Stasiuk"— Provided by publisher.
ISBN 978-0-15-101271-8 (hardback)
1. Stasiuk, Andrzej—Translations into English.
2. Stasiuk, Andrzej—Travel—Europe, Eastern. 3. Europe, Eastern—
Description and travel. I. Kandel, Michael. II. Title.
PG7178.T28Z46813 2011
891.8'537—dc22 2010052592
Map by Jacques Chazaud
Book design by Melissa Lotfy
Printed in the United States of America
DOC 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Portions of this book have been previously published in slightly different
form:"That
Fear" in The Wall in My Head, a Words without Borders Anthology, Open Letter
Books,
2009; and an excerpt from "Description of a Journey through East Hungary to
Ukraine,"
in Orientations, edited by Wendy Bracewell and Alex Drace-Francis, Central
European
University Press, 2009.
Photo credits: Frontispiece, "Romanians in Warsaw," © Witold
Krassowski/ekpictures.
Page 163, Traveling blind violinist, Abony, Hungary, 1921. Kertész, André
(1894–1985).
© Ministère de la culture—Médiathèque du Patrimoine/André Kertész/dist.
RMN/Art
Resource, NY.
INSTYTUT KSIAZKI
© POLAND
This publication has been funded by the Book Institute-
the © POLAND Translation Program.
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Contents
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Maps
That Fear
The Slovak Two Hundred
Răşinari
Our Leader
Description of a Journey through East Hungary to Ukraine
Baia Mare
Ţara Secuilor, Székelyföld, Szeklerland
The Country in Which the War Began
Shqiperia
Moldova
The Ferry to Galaţi
Pitching One's Tent in a New Place
Delta
On the Road to Babadag
Notes