That Summer at Burbelkowo

Tego lata w Burbelkowie
Written by Marta Tomaszewska
First edition: Warsow 2000, Nasza Księgarnia
illustrated by Wanda Orlińska


Tego lata w Burbelkowie (That Summer at Burbelkowo), the Kornel Makuszyński Literary Prize (2001); entered into the international BARFIE catalogue (Vienna, 2004).
The book is a novel for younger children, reminiscent in mood of Astrid Lindgren. The protagonist Bartosz, who ist ten, spends a holiday in a forester’s lodge, but it is not his summer adventures but are the most important in the book. The author is superb at presenting the bonds connecting the different generation of a family and dealing with the difficult problems of the present (loss of jobs, conflicts between coevals, the death of a dear person), viewed with a child’s eyes.

Tego lata w Burbelkowie (That Summer at Burbelkowo), the Kornel Makuszyński Literary Prize (2001); entered into the international BARFIE catalogue (Vienna, 2004).

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