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Title	:	Stone Upon Stone
Author	:	Wiesław Myśliwski
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 537 pages
Published	:	January 2011 by Archipelago Books (first published 1984)
Categories	:	Cultural. Poland. European Literature. Polish Literature. Literature. Fiction

Stone Upon Stone

Wiesław Myśliwski

Paperback | Pages: 537 pages

Rating: 4.4 | 726 Users | 98 Reviews

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A masterpiece of post-war Polish literature, Stone Upon Stone is Wiesław Myśliwski’s grand epic in the rural tradition—a profound and irreverent stream of memory cutting through the rich and varied terrain of one man’s connection to the land, to his family and community, to women, to tradition, to God, to death, and to what it means to be alive. Wise and impetuous, plainspoken and compassionate Szymek, recalls his youth in their village, his time as a guerrilla soldier, as a wedding official, barber, policeman, lover, drinker, and caretaker for his invalid brother. Filled with interwoven stories and voices, by turns hilarious and moving, Szymek’s narrative exudes the profound wisdom of one who has suffered, yet who loves life to the very core.

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Original Title:	Kamień na kamieniu
ISBN:	098262462X (ISBN13: 9780982624623)
Edition Language:	English URL https://archipelagobooks.org/book/stone-upon-stone/
Setting:	Poland
Literary Awards:	BTBA Best Translated Book Award for Fiction (2012), PEN Translation Prize for Bill Johnston (2012)

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This fat novel, first published in 1984 and translated into English in 1999, felt to me like a masterful paean to the power of human memory to hold a lifetime, to reconstruct a dying way of rural life, and to reveal the heroic and stubborn resilience of the spirit. We start with Szymek in middle-age working on a stone tomb for his two brothers and already dead parents in a rural village in Soviet-era Poland. One thought leads to another, back and forth through time, spanning his history of

This is one of the best books I have read in months. Many other readers have given precise and informative reviews of this book. I will only say that it is a brilliantly painted picture of humanity, humanity at a certain time and place, but a humanity that encompasses a life fully detailed, humility, braggadocio, fear, dreams, prayers and curses. Szymek's world of Polish peasantry evoked the parallel world of my forefathers, Jewish tavern owners who a few times even peek through the narrative.

This is a fascinating book. One man painting an epic tale in a kind of stream of consciousness that is at once engaging and dull. There's very little plot. Instead we meander with him through stories of Polish peasant life around WWII. There is the land, the cemetery, the community, the church and the family. This has all of the ingredients that proves that any life lived is unique and worthy no matter the suffering. The translation is excellent. The language flows so smoothly that I felt like I

This book is over 500 pages of the internal monologue of Szymek Pietruszka, the peasant from a fictional polish village. It did not sound like my cup of tea on the surface, as I am as urban as one could be. Bu it is appeared to be the most wonderful read. Szymek so far is the best character I've read about this year and likely would stay this way. The author has created absolutely unique, idiosyncratic voice which makes the narrative flow. The period covered is approximately from the 30s to the

I very rarely leave a book unfinished and I had wanted to consign Stone Upon Stone to the heap of unreadable books after the first chapter. It took me a very long time to get to the end of the first chapter. But I felt I needed to read some more, so I read another two chapters and still I wanted to ditch it. However, I am thankful I kept on reading because it turned out to be an unusual story that touched me in unexpected ways.I have never before read Wiesław Myśliwski. He is a Polish novelist.

Kinda sorta like 'True Grit' Polish style....that is instead of Whiskey there is Vodka...potatoes and peirogis...and home made bread. At times it kind of reminded me of a Fellini movie with the cast of characters...one character laughs all the time, another cries all the time, yet another never cries. ..the star of the book was a part of the resistance against the Nazi's. After being wounded he returns home (a farm) and immediately his father starts in on him. The son explains he has been out

I would've simply called Stone Upon Stone a narrative wonder.Though if you ask me, eternitys the same whether youre eaten by worms in your grave or fishes in the sea. When the Day of Judgment comes, the folk in their graves and the ones from the sea will have to rise up just the same. And its a lot less trouble in the sea than when you have to build a tomb.The protagonist lived a long, rebellious and troubled life and now he attempts to build a tomb for himself and his kin. And in the process he