White Raven

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An adventure story and a reflection of the experience of a generation, White Raven is a tale of childhood friends, cast adrift by the tide of change that swept through Poland during the 1980s. Following the accidental death of a policeman, the men go on the run. The urgent flight through the desolate winter mountains abruptly ends with a climax as shocking as it is symbolic. White Raven won the prestigious Fundacja Koscielskich Award. o First English translation of the Polish Kerouac o Cult novel of the post-communist generation o Ad in Book Forum Andrzej Stasiuk was born in 1960 and lives in Poland. His first book , The Walls of Hebron , is a collection of twelve stories about prison, based on the experience of his desertion from the army.