Bibliograph

Lala, Jacek Dehnel ; translated from the Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones

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Lala, Jacek Dehnel ; translated from the Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Lala

Oclc number

1004266765

Responsibility statement

Jacek Dehnel ; translated from the Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones

Summary

"Lala has lived a dazzling life, filled with love, betrayals, acts of courage and some of the most extraordinary events of the twentieth century. There is nothing she likes better than to tell stories of her fascinating past - of her grandfather, the legendary owner of the first car in Ukraine; of her aristocratic mother; and not least of herself. Her most avid listener is her grandson, Jacek, to whom she is extremely close. As she grows older and becomes increasingly confused, her tales become more repetitive and Jacek often finds himself filling in the gaps. Based on the life of the author's grandmother, intertwining detailed historical research with enthralling family accounts, Lala's story stretches from Kiev in 1875 to modern-day Poland, spanning the First and Second World Wars, the German occupation, the revolution and the republic."--Publisher's description

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