A treatise on shelling beans.
I have just finished "Traktat o łuskaniu fasoli" (A treatise on shelling beans) by Polish author - Wiesław Myśliwski . This book was highly recommended (in fact, a gift) from my sister and brother-in-law. Though I am not a literary critic, I would like to share a few thoughts in as much as the book seems to be relevant to the subjects of this blog. First of all, it reads well. I normally prefer non-fiction, but this book seems to have a natural flow and kept me wanting to get to know what would happen next. It is written in a fashion of monologue of the main character, unnamed (to give him a more universal appeal?), a person of simple origins, but a very inquisitive mind. The monologue (at times inferred dialogue with the author of the book) is colorful - it reminds me a bit of the flavor and richness of Bohumil Hrabal 's prose. It seems to be based on a real life story, which Myśliwski heard about or perhaps, I speculate, even recorded. The main character appears t...