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Selected writings, music, visual works, essays and audiovisual projects. This English version follows the same structure as the Polish site, but contains selected texts and projects intended for an international audience.

At the Sign of the Reine Pédauque by Anatole France

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A review of Anatole France’s novel through its language, humour, historical world and Jan Sten’s remarkable Polish translation.

Arvo Pärt at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus

A concert report from Athens — music, place, ancient and modern audiences, history and a late-night walk to Exarchia.

Three Visions of Provincial America

A comparative essay on Carson McCullers, Flannery O’Connor and Marilynne Robinson — three visions of solitude, religion and strangeness in provincial America.