{"product_id":"testaments-danuta-mostwin-9780821416075","title":"Testaments: Two Novellas of Emigration and Exile","description":"\u003cp\u003eTranslated from Polish by Marta Erdman and Nina Dyke.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePolish 駑igr駸 have written poignantly about the pain of exile in letters, diaries, and essays; others, more recently, have recreated Polish-American communities in works of fiction. But it is Danuta Mostwin's fiction, until now unavailable in English translation, that bridges the divide between Poland and America, exile and emigration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMostwin and her husband survived the ravages of World War II, traveled to Britain, and then emigrated to the United States. Mostwin devoted her scholarly career to the study of immigrants trapped between cultural worlds. Winner of international awards for her fiction, Danuta Mostwin here offers two novellas, translated by the late Marta Erdman, which are the first of her works published in English in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeeply melancholic and moving in its unsentimental depiction of ordinary people trying to make sense of their uprooted lives, \u003ci\u003eTestaments\u003c\/i\u003e presents two powerful vignettes of life in immigrant America, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Will of Blaise Twardowski and Jocasta\u003c\/i\u003e. This timely publication provides an introduction to Mostwin's work that will ensure that she is recognized as the creator of one of the most nuanced and deeply moving pictures of emigration and exile in Polish-American literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Danuta Mostwin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0821416073\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780821416075\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 121\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.26h x 6.46w x 0.57d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2006 pg. 57","brand":"Danuta Mostwin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44055935844607,"sku":"9780821416075","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d0a38f3c-6929-498a-9492-380b3881e266.jpg?v=1685038618","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/testaments-danuta-mostwin-9780821416075","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}