Description
A forty-year-old man, burying himself in work and avoiding close emotional bonds with people, pays a visit to his mother in the country and is forced to extend it upon discovering her illness. While there, he reevaluates past familial and romantic relationships and finally attempts to build new ones. Gestures is "a psychologically precise and moving autopsy of a `man in the wake of ordeals.'"
About the Author
Ignacy Karpowicz is a Polish writer and translator. His fifth work, Balladyny i romanse, won him the Polityka Passport Prize in 2010. He was previously nominated for this award for his debut novel, Niehalo (2006), and has since been nominated for the Nike Literary Award for Gesty (Gestures), Balladyny I romanse, osci, and Sonka.
Reviews
`He's proven that he's an extraordinarily multifaceted writer, one who handles various styles brilliantly." -Robert Ostaszewski
"An excellent psychological novel about a complex relationship between a mother and a son." -Ursula Philips
Book Information
ISBN 9781628971637
Author Ignacy Karpowicz
Format Paperback
Page Count 176
Imprint Dalkey Archive Press
Publisher Dalkey Archive Press
