{"id":969,"date":"2017-08-23T16:56:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T14:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/?p=969"},"modified":"2020-05-29T23:43:38","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T21:43:38","slug":"children-of-our-age-by-a-m-bakalar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/2017\/08\/23\/children-of-our-age-by-a-m-bakalar\/","title":{"rendered":"Children of Our Age by A.M. Bakalar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>BOOK LAUNCH<br><a class=\"external-link-new-window\" title=\"Opens internal link in current window\" href=\"http:\/\/www.polishculture.org.uk\/literature\/news\/article\/waterstones-gower-street-launch-of-children-of-our-age-and-fox-season-7132.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A.M. Bakalar and Agnieszka Dale in conversation with Liz Hoggard<\/a><br>Wednesday 25 October, Waterstones Gower Street, London<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Karol and his wife are the rising stars of the Polish community in London but Karol is a ruthless entrepreneur whose fortune is built on the backs of his fellow countrymen. The Kulesza brothers, mentally unstable Igor and his violent brother Damian, dream about returning to Poland one day. A loving couple, Mateusz and Angelika, believe against all odds that good things will happen to people like them. Gradually, all of these lives become dramatically entwined, and each of them will have to decide how far they are willing to go in pursuit of their dreams.<br><br>Insightful and unforgiving,&nbsp;<b><i>Children of Our Age<\/i><\/b>&nbsp;is a deeply human and timely story of Polish immigrants. Sweeping between their past in Poland and their present in Britain, this electrifying novel explores the ways unlikely encounters transform lives, the limits of loyalty, and love.<\/p>\n<p><br><i>A tense and gripping thriller.<\/i><br>\u2013 Marina Lewycka, long-listed for the Man Booker Prize and short-listed for the Orange Prize for Fiction<br><br><i>A.M.Bakalar eloquently exposes the tragic face of the immigrant experience; and this powerful story of exploited hope, perverse ambition and &#8211; surprisingly &#8211; redemption is one you will not forget. It is a tale for our time.<\/i><br>\u2013 William Brodrick, CWA Gold Dagger winner<\/p>\n<p><br><a class=\"external-link-new-window\" title=\"Opens internal link in current window\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ambakalar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A.M. Bakalar<\/a><b>&nbsp;<\/b>was born in Poland and lives in London. Her first novel&nbsp;<i>Madame Mephisto&nbsp;<\/i>was published in 2012 and was a reader nomination for the 2012 Guardian First Book Award. In 2015 her short story \u2018Woman of Your Dreams\u2019 was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and her writing has appeared in The Guardian and The International New York Times. She has also appeared as a guest on BBC Radio 3 Night Waves, Proms Plus Literary and BBC Radio 4 At Home Abroad.<\/p>\n<p><b>Children of Our Age<\/b><br>By A.M. Bakalar<br>Published by Jantar Publishing<br>Publishing date: 25 October 2017<br>ISBN 978-0-9933773-3-4<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BOOK LAUNCHA.M. Bakalar and Agnieszka Dale in conversation with Liz HoggardWednesday 25 October, Waterstones Gower Street, London &nbsp; Karol and his wife are the rising stars of the Polish community in London but Karol is a ruthless entrepreneur whose fortune is built on the backs of his fellow countrymen. 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