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A nomadic family of circus performers, refugees from Romania, travels through Europe and Africa by caravan. The mother's death-defying act causes constant anxiety for her two daughters, who voice their fears through a grisly communal fairy tale about a child being cooked alive in polenta--but their real life is no less of a dark fable, and one that seems just as unlikely to have a happy ending. An actor and performance artist as well as a poet and novelist, Veteranyi was acclaimed for her seemingly "artless" narrative voice, in which pain and hilarity always vie for the upper hand--a voice at once lyrical and jaded, prurient and spiritual, comical and horrifying.
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Why the child is cooking in the polenta, Aglaja Veteranyi
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- Released
- 2012
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- Title
- Why the child is cooking in the polenta
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Aglaja Veteranyi
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Released
- 2012
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 200
- ISBN10
- 1564786862
- ISBN13
- 9781564786869
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Historical Themes, True Stories, Biographies, History, Contemporary Fiction, Autobiographies & Memoirs, Family, 20th century, Death, Magical Realism, Childhood, Autobiographical Novels, Migration, Emigration, Romania, Romanian Literature, Alienation
- First published
- 2005
- Original title
- Warum das Kind in der Polenta kocht
- Rating
- 4.05 out of 5
- Description
- A nomadic family of circus performers, refugees from Romania, travels through Europe and Africa by caravan. The mother's death-defying act causes constant anxiety for her two daughters, who voice their fears through a grisly communal fairy tale about a child being cooked alive in polenta--but their real life is no less of a dark fable, and one that seems just as unlikely to have a happy ending. An actor and performance artist as well as a poet and novelist, Veteranyi was acclaimed for her seemingly "artless" narrative voice, in which pain and hilarity always vie for the upper hand--a voice at once lyrical and jaded, prurient and spiritual, comical and horrifying.