On Wednesday April 26, Filip Springer, author of History of a Disappearance: The Forgotten Story of a Polish Town, will appear at San Francisco's The Booksmith along with the book's translator, Sean Gasper Bye, for a discussion about his work. This event is co-presented by the Polish Cultural Institute New York and The Center for the Art of Translation.
When: Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at 7:30 pm
Where: The Booksmith, 1644 Haight Street, San Francisco 94117
Contact: Leslie-Ann Woofter, lwoofter@catranslation.org, 415.512.8812
By Filip Springer
Translated from the Polish by Sean Gasper Bye
Winner of Asymptote Journal’s 2016 Close Approximations Translation Contest and Shortlisted for the Ryszard Kapuściński Prize, History of a Disappearance is the fascinating true story of a small mining town in the southwest of Poland that, after seven centuries of history, disappeared.
Paperback • ISBN: 9781632061157
Publication date: Apr 4, 2017