{"id":3027,"date":"2021-09-29T12:58:50","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T10:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/?p=3027"},"modified":"2021-09-29T12:58:52","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T10:58:52","slug":"things-i-didnt-throw-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/2021\/09\/29\/things-i-didnt-throw-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Things I Didn\u2019t Throw Out"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Lamps, penknives, paperbacks, mechanical pencils, inflatable headrests. Marcin Wicha\u2019s mother Joanna
was a collector of everyday objects. She found intrinsic \u2013 and often idiosyncratic \u2013 value in each item.
When she dies and leaves her apartment intact, Wicha is left to sort through her things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


The objects are the seemingly ordinary possessions of a seemingly ordinary life. But through them,
Wicha begins to construct an image of Joanna as a Jewish woman, a mother, and a citizen. As Poland
emerged from the Second World War into the material meanness of the Communist regime, shortages
of every kind shaped its people in deep and profound ways. What they chose to buy and keep \u2013 and,
arguably, hoard \u2013 tells the story of contemporary Poland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Joanna\u2019s Jewishness, her devotion to work, her formidable temperament, her weakness for consumer
goods, all accumulate into an unforgettable portrait of a woman and, ultimately, her country.
Things I Didn\u2019t Throw Out is an intimate, unconventional and very funny memoir about everything we
leave behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book available HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lamps, penknives, paperbacks, mechanical pencils, inflatable headrests. Marcin Wicha\u2019s mother Joannawas a collector of everyday objects. She found intrinsic \u2013 and often idiosyncratic \u2013 value in each item.When she dies and leaves her apartment intact, Wicha is left to sort through her things. The objects are the seemingly ordinary possessions of a seemingly ordinary life. 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