Stasiuk's masterpiece--in line with the work of Danilo Kis and countryman Bruno Schulz--is finally made available in English in a stunning translation by Bill Johnston. Character is plot in this unusual collection (first published in Poland in 1999) from Stasiuk, the author of On the Road to Babadag. Beginning with "Midsummer, Pog rze," a portrait of rural Polish life, these fragmented stories leave much for the reader to imagine...