Showing posts with label Polish literature. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Polish literature. Show all posts

Saturday, May 9, 2020

Accommodations

https://bookshop.org/a/1155/9781945492235

Book menu for Accommodations by Wioletta Greg and translated by Jennifer Croft

Food mentioned in Accommodations:
Tea, 14, 79, 127, 144
     Earl Grey, 127, 177
Ice cream, 17, 46
Ptasic Mleczkos, 18
Coffee, 19
Prune liqueur, 19
Cheese sandwiches, 22
Prince Polo bars, 24
Vodka, 25, 46, 65, 127
Trail mix, 25, 38
Ramen, 28
Poppy seed pretzel sticks, 32
Apples, 36, 85
Beer, 37, 122, 127
Chebureki, 45
Ukha, 45
Sangria, 54
Glazed cocoa cake, 54
Poppy seed cake, 54
Christmas wafers, 54
Red borscht with dumplings, 54
Cabbage and beans, 54
Danishes, 72
Cokes, 81
French fries, 86
Krupnik, 87
Rice pudding, 96
Chocolates, 112
Cherries, 116, 136
Lazanki with mushrooms and sauerkraut, 118
Wine, 135

Books/Authors mentioned in Accommodations:
"Flesh and the Mirror" / Angela Carter, epigraph
Lord of the Flies / William Golding, 19
The Lord of the Rings / J.R.R. Tolkien, 19
The Tempest / William Shakespeare, 23
A Practical Guide to Marital Bliss / Michalina Wislocka, 23
Tropic of Cancer / Henry Miller, 23
The Memoirs of Fanny Hill / John Cleland, 23
Fyodor Tyutchev (poet), 52
"I Only Came to Use the Phone" / Gabriel Garcia Márquez, 87
Narcyza Zmichowska, 91, 113
The Lives of Trees / Julian Ojsmond, 91
The Garden of Life / Henry K. Zwierzchowski, 91

Movies mentioned in Accommodations:
Total Recall, 29
Batman, 134
The Rage of Paris, 146

Page numbers refer to the paperback edition ISBN 97819549223

https://bookshop.org/a/1155/9781908376916
 

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Saturday, April 25, 2020

Flights

https://bookshop.org/a/1155/9780525534204

Book menu for Flights by Olga Tokarczyk, translated from Polish by Jennifer Croft

Food mentioned in Flights:
Goulash, 6
Meatballs in tomato sauce, 6
Curry, 9
     Vegetable curry, 324, 326
Beer, 22, 51, 80, 93, 174, 196, 255, 295
Coffee, 33, 49, 64, 77, 104, 134, 173, 153-154, 230, 339, 372
Grapes, 34, 336
Fried fish, 38, 145
Wine, 38-39, 45, 67, 140, 145, 150, 163-164, 183, 191, 267
     White wine, 65, 127, 161
Ajvar, 45
Kopico candies, 47
Herbal tea, 52
Coffee cake, 59
Oysters, 61
Yogurt, 64
Salade Niçoise, 66
Croissants, 67
Potatoes with bacon and onion, 82-83, 92
Vodka, 83, 222, 289
Chocolate bars, 94, 123
Port, 152
Apples, 183, 253, 314
Pirozhki, 233, 253
Borscht, 243, 252
Blinis, 254-256
Mandarin oranges, 274
Figs, 274
Pierogi, 288
Pork chops and cabbage, 295
Apple pie, 295
Samosas, 324
Ice cream, 339, 374
Sole and broccoli, 369
Feta salad, 369
Oatmeal, 372
Ouzo, 374

Books/Authors mentioned in Flights:
Anathemas and Admiratins / Emil Cioran, 23
Ghent, 68
Moby-Dick / Herman Melville, 72
Jorge Luis Borges, 96, 107
The Thousand and One Nights / Edward William Lane, 107
Inferno / Dante, 142
James Joyce, 175
Stendhal. 175
Corporis Humani Anatomia / Philip Verhenen, 205
Karl May, 289
George Sand, 316
Ovid, 373

Music mentioned in Flights:
Mozart, 61, 141
     Requiem, 315-319
Bach, 126
"Who Wants to Live Forever" / Queen, 157
Chopin, 308, 312, 321
Eric Clapton, 226

Page numbers refer to the paperback edition (ISBN: 9780525534204)

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