An angel walks past a sentry on a desolate beach. A schizophrenic woman submits to the Devil in many guises, even as she waits for Jesus. A family is nearly split apart over the legacy of a German dining table. Two skiers take refuge from a blizzard in a Kashubian village that cannot be found on any map. A Wagnerian opera comes to life in an old woman's living room. Snails lift their horns to catch the voices of the dead. And a grandfather spends his last days secretly building his own private submarine. Sensuous, evocative, nostalgic, Huelle's stories resonate with the acute perceptions of childhood. The mundane world is visited by unexpected, luminous moments of miracle and wonder.

Moving House Stories

Literature & Fiction

Huelle, Paweł

Huelle, Pawe±

Contemporary

Harcourt

In Gdansk, three boys and a girl fall under the spell of a mysterious classmate, David Weiser. Weiser and thegirl vanish, leaving the three other boys to explain to the authorities. "Tender, beautifully written and puzzling" (New York Times Book Review). Translated by Michael Kandel. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book. Harvest in Translation series

Who Was David Weiser?

Mariner Books

A collection of "intensely lyrical" stories set in postwar Poland. Mingling the miraculous and the mundane, these poignantly beautiful stories are quiet but powerful journeys of the spirit. Translated by Michael Kandel. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book. Harvest in Translation series

Moving House: Stories

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Antiques & Collectibles

Bloomsbury UK

This collection of short stories includes one about a Polish family which is nearly split asunder by the political implications of its German dining table. Pawel Huelle's first novel, "Who Was David Weiser?", was shortlisted for the 1991 Independent Foreign Fiction Award.

Moving House and Other Stories

Literary

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

Made in Poland (Edinburgh Review)

Edinburgh Review

As he struggles with the tiny Fiat’s gearbox and Gdansk’s traffic, Pawel, the narrator, entertains his driving instructor with stories of his grandparents before the war and of his father in the 1970s, centered on their ownership of Mercedes-Benz cars—the outings, the races, the crashes, and the inevitable repairs.
Based on fact and illustrated with personal photographs, these tales contrast the golden era of Poland’s prewar independence with the dismal Communist years and with the uncertain new chapter in the country’s history that had only just begun. With elegant brilliance, Huelle creates a touching portrait of three generations amid life-changing historical events.
Born in 1957, Pawel Huelle, the author of Who Was David Weiser?, is a novelist, playwright, and journalist who has lived most of his life in Gdansk.

Mercedes-Benz

Biographies & Memoirs

Serpent's Tail

Shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, 2008
“Delightful . . . gently, deceptively provocative.”—The Observer
“Full of depth and allusion . . . wonderfully absurd humour.”—The Independent on Sunday
Inspired by Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain, Castorp recounts Hans Castorp’s student years in Gdansk, Poland. Pawel Huelle imagines what happened when Castorp encounters people, events, and ideas that anticipate the years to come, including an enigmatic woman who becomes his obsession.
Set at the dawn of the twentieth century, Castorp conveys with elegant restraint the accelerating pressure as Europe hurtles toward the First World War.
Pawel Huelle is a novelist, playwright, and newspaper columnist. He lives in Gdansk, Poland. His previous novels include Mercedes-Benz.

Castorp

Winner of 2009 Found in Translation Prize given for the best translation of Polish literature to English language. “Inventive and ironic, but riddling and elusive.”—The Independent Set in Gdansk, twelve men have been invited by their mutual friend to model at a photographic session for a modern version of The Last Supper. The histories of the men are revealed through their thoughts on the day: their wayward behavior is a reflection of the role of the church in Polish society today. The reunion is disturbed as a wave of terrorist bombs paralyzes the city, creating upheaval and a sense of unease. Pawel Huelle is a novelist, playwright, and newspaper columnist who lives in Gdansk, Poland. His previous books include Mercedes-Benz and Castorp. Antonia Lloyd-Jones is one of the best translators of Polish literature into English. Her published translations from Polish include novels by Pawel Huelle and Olga Tokarczuk, short stories by Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz, and non-fiction, most recently by Ryszard Kapuscinski and Wojciech Tochman.

The Last Supper

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Moving House Stories

Who Was David Weiser?

Moving House: Stories

Who Was David Weiser?

Moving House and Other Stories

Who Was David Weiser?

Made in Poland (Edinburgh Review)

Mercedes-Benz

Castorp

The Last Supper