A Treatise on Shelling Beans
Description
An aging caretaker at a summer resort is drawn into conversation by a mysterious visitor, and in the quiet rhythm of shelling beans he begins to recount the story of his life. What unfolds is a sweeping, high-level journey through a childhood interrupted by war, survival and loss, the search for music and belonging, and the long aftermath of love and brutality that reshapes every memory. Told in the intimate, neighborly cadence of oral storytelling, the book turns everyday labor into a vessel for history, humor, and grief, building meaning through layered recollection rather than plot twists. With the distinctive, lyrical realism associated with Wiesław Myśliwski, this is an epic of endurance—universal in its themes of time, trauma, and resilience, yet unmistakably singular in its voice.
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paperback
Archipelago Books
Published Jan 1, 2013
376 pages
ISBN: 9781935744900
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Details
First Published
2006
Language
eng
Content Warnings
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