23.10.2024 Events, Film, Literature, News

“Biesiada” Country Feast based on Reymont’s novel “The Peasants”

A themed immersive dining experience based on Nobel prize-winner Wladyslaw Reymont's classic novel "The Pesants" with classic country fare & traditional folk entertainment at Ognisko Polskie - The Polish Hearth Club. Organised by the Polish Cultural Institute in London & Ognisko Polskie.

23rd October, 7pm for 7:30pm, Ognisko Polskie – The Polish Hearth Club

Whether you saw the brilliant animated film “The Peasants” earlier this year or read the recent English translation by Anna Zaranko, published by Penguin Classics, or haven’t done either yet, but are curious, bring friends, make new ones and come and immerse yourself in the world of Reymont’s classic novel “The Peasants” with a special Polish country feast inspired by the book.

“Chlopi – Biesiada” – a Polish country feast

You can read the novel, see the film, and now you can have the ‘Chłopi Biesiada Experience,’ travelling back in time to enjoy a traditional country feast, prepared by the renowned Ognisko Restaurant, with entertainment provided by Orlęta, the celebrated Polish folk song and dance group.

Chłopi (The Peasants) is the best-known work of Władysław Stanisław Reymont (1867–1925), who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1924 – The award-winning four-volume novel depicts love, life and conflict within a village during the nineteenth century.

Don’t worry if you’ve never read it! Come and find out more at this fun dining experience!

Tickets: 23 Oct | ‘Chłopi Biesiada’ | Ognisko Polskie – Polish Hearth

Orlęta – Polish Folk Song & Dance group

Orlęta is a unique Polish Folk Song & Dance group based in London, but also performing across the UK and abroad.

Orlęta present a truly entertaining show, whose joyous and exuberant performances delight and impress audiences. They bring to the stage the true spirit and spontaneity of a traditional Polish dance party.

Performances include concerts, multicultural events, festivals, corporate events, weddings, private functions and foreign festivals.

Władysław Stanisław Reymont

Władysław Stanisław Reymont, (7 May 1867 – 5 December 1925) was a Polish novelist and the Nobel Prize laureate for Literature. His best-known work is the award-winning four-volume novel Chłopi (The Peasants)

His work is widely attributed to the Young Poland movement, which featured decadence and literary impressionism. In November 1924 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature

Reymont’s last book, Bunt (Revolt), serialized in 1922 and published in book form in 1924, describes a revolt by animals which take over their farm in order to introduce “equality”. The revolt quickly degenerates into abuse and bloody terror. The story was a metaphor for the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 and was banned from 1945 to 1989 in communist Poland, along with George Orwell’s similar novella, Animal Farm published in Britain in 1945.

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