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One of Poland's most acclaimed writers, Andrzej Stasiuk, publishes "Dukla." (Translated by Bill Johnson)
Andrzej says,“There’ll be no plot,” Andrzej Stasiuk writes in Dukla, “with its promise of a beginning and hope of an end. A plot is the remission of sins, the mother of fools, but it melts away in the rising light of day. Darkness or blindness give things meaning, when the mind has to seek out a way in the shadows, providing its own light.”
In a recent online article in Numero Cinq Magazine, Jason DeYoung says, "The guiding structure in Dukla rests with his metaphysical ideas, repeated insights, and a desire to write, notably about light"
Andrzej, goes on to say:
"I always wanted to write a book about light. I never could find anything else more reminiscent of eternity. I never was able to imagine things that don’t exist. That always seemed a waste of time to me, just like the stubborn search for the Unknown, when only ever ends up looking like an assemblage of old, familiar things in slightly souped-up form. Events and objects either come to an end, or perish, or collapse under their own weight, and if I observe them and describe them it’s only because they refract the brightness, shape it, and give it a form that we’re capable of comprehending."
To read more about Andrzej or read his essay, Rite of Spring, go to:
http://numerocinqmagazine.com/2012/04/22/the-resurrection-of-experience-a-review-of-andrzej-stasiuks-dukla-jason-deyoung/
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