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The
2007 Award
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Mercedes-Benz by Pawel Huelle
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ABOUT
THE BOOK
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the Polish City of Gdansk, our narrator Pawel tells of the driving lessons
he took in the early 1990s, shortly after the end of communism. As he struggles
with the tiny Fiat's gearbox, causing chaos while stalled at the crossroads,
Pawell entertains his instructor Miss Ciwle with stories of his grandparents
before the war and of his father in the 1970s, centred on their ownership
of Mercedes-Benz cars - the outings, the races, the crashes and the inevitable
repairs. Based on fact and illustrated with personal photographs, these tales contrast the golden era of Poland's pre-war independence with the dismal communist years, and with the uncertain new chapter in the country's history that had only just begun when Pawel was learning to drive. With elegance, Huelle creates a moving portrait of three generations amid life-changing historical events. |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
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Pawel Huelle was born in 1957 in Gdansk, Poland. The author of 'Who was David Weiser?' and 'Moving House: Stories', Huelle has lived all his life in Gdansk where he has worked as a journalist in the Solidarity press office, as a university lecturer, novelist, playwrightand directo rof the Gdansk Polish Television Centre. His latest novel ' Castorp', was published in Poland in 2004. His books have been translated into all major European languages. |
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