Prince in a Pastry Shop
$43.75
- Hardcover
48 pages
- Release Date
16 May 2023
Summary
In a beautifully illustrated story for adults that is playful, philosophical, and with a wink of naughtiness, two characters—the Not-So-Little-Prince and Prickly Pear—consider the nature of happiness.
Much more than a tale of sweet indulgence, Prince in a Pastry Shop touches on a fundamental question important to us all, from preschooler to pensioner: what does it mean to be happy? Is happiness to be found in the smallest, most visceral of experiences like eating a sugar-dust…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781644212844 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1644212846 |
| Author: | Marek Bienczyk, Joanna Concejo |
| Publisher: | Seven Stories Press,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Seven Stories Press,U.S. |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 48 |
| Release Date: | 16 May 2023 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 148mm x 335mm |
Marek Bienczyk
Marek Bieńczyk
(b. 1956, Poland)
Marek Bieńczyk is the winner of the NIKE Literary Award, the most prestigious award for Polish literature. He is the author of fiction and essays, a historian of literature, and a translator from French. Bieńczyk is the author of two novels, Terminal (1994) and the award-winning Tworki (1999), and the essay collections: Dürer’s Eyes—On Romantic Melancholy (2002), Transparency (2007), and Face Book (2011, Nike Award). His works have been translated into English, French, Spanish, German, Russian, and Bulgarian. He lives in Poland.
Benjamin Paloff
Benjamin Paloff’s books include the poetry collections And His Orchestra (2015) and The Politics (2011), both from Carnegie Mellon. He is also a translator from Polish, Czech, Russian, and Yiddish, including Marek Bieńczyk’s Tworki and Transparency. Twice a fellow of the NEA, he is professor of comparative literature at the University of Michigan, where he is also director of the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies.
Joanna Concejo
(b. 1971, Poland)
Joanna Concejo is an illustrator and artist. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań, Poland, and moved to France in 1994, where she still lives and works. She is the winner of the Bologna Ragazzi Award (Mention / Fiction), the prize Calabria Incantata Abracalabria Altomonte (Italy), and the Grand Prix / Best Book of the Year for graphic design by the Polish Section of IBBY (for Prince in a Pastry Shop). She works mainly for children’s books. Her first book appeared in 2008, followed by others in France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, South Korea, and Poland.
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