On the Road to Babadag
11 hrs. 47 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Andrzej Stasiuk
Author
Andrzej Stasiuk
Narrator
Mikhail Roslyakov
Narrator
Mikhail Roslyakov
Description
Andrzej Stasiuk is one of the key figures of contemporary Polish prose. Russian readers know his novel “White Raven,” the novella “Dukla,” as well as his stories and essays. “On the Road to Babadag” is an account of a journey through Central Europe, incorporating elements of adventure, essay, and travel writing. Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia, Albania, Moldova—the author crosses them by car, hitchhiking, by train, and on foot. At times he returns to places he has seen before, rediscovering himself first and foremost as a Central European.
After 1989, the question of the “Europeanness” or “Central Europeanness” of these countries became especially acute. For the Polish consciousness, belonging to Europe and identifying with it is a painful and complex subject, involving many emotions: nostalgia, dream, hidden complexes, and more. Stasiuk has addressed this problem before, but here, for the first time, he does so on such vast, varied, and fascinating material. Moreover, the writer consciously refuses to define Central Europe in relation to the West and the East. He describes this space—unprotected from the forces of history, unstable, inconstant, with blurred borders—not simply as unique, but as if it were the only one of its kind in the world.
After 1989, the question of the “Europeanness” or “Central Europeanness” of these countries became especially acute. For the Polish consciousness, belonging to Europe and identifying with it is a painful and complex subject, involving many emotions: nostalgia, dream, hidden complexes, and more. Stasiuk has addressed this problem before, but here, for the first time, he does so on such vast, varied, and fascinating material. Moreover, the writer consciously refuses to define Central Europe in relation to the West and the East. He describes this space—unprotected from the forces of history, unstable, inconstant, with blurred borders—not simply as unique, but as if it were the only one of its kind in the world.
Contents:
Angels and Demons of the Periphery
This Fear
The Slovak “Two-Hundred”
Reshinari
Our Batko
Description of a Journey Through Eastern Hungary to Ukraine
Baia Mare
Țara Secuilor, Székelyföld, Szeklerland
The Country Where the War Began
Shqipëria
Moldova
The Ferry to Galați
A Tent Pitched in a New Place
The Delta
On the Road to Babadag
This Fear
The Slovak “Two-Hundred”
Reshinari
Our Batko
Description of a Journey Through Eastern Hungary to Ukraine
Baia Mare
Țara Secuilor, Székelyföld, Szeklerland
The Country Where the War Began
Shqipëria
Moldova
The Ferry to Galați
A Tent Pitched in a New Place
The Delta
On the Road to Babadag
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