Overview
Waiting by the canal, a young cellist meets a junkie, high and drifting. He gives him twenty krona and they exchange a few words; the encounter is unremarkable. Yet for the cellist – who grew up a poor immigrant in the outskirts of Malmö, and who lost friends and family to drug abuse, crime and death – a barrier in his mind has collapsed, and he leaves the canal chased by a creeping floodtide of memories, all of which threaten to drag him back to where he came from.
Tearing through sprawling social housing estates, basement clubs and squat parties, Wretchedness is a tumultuous and raging journey into the underbelly of Europe. With a rhythmic, mesmerising flow, Tichý probes the bittersweet pleasures of escaping one’s origins, and of loving one’s neighbour without question – even when that neighbor is an addict, a criminal, wretched.
This book title, Wretchedness, ISBN: 9781911508762, by Tichý Andrzej, Nichola Smalley, published by And Other Stories (June 2, 2020) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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