“The narrator in A Treatise works year-round as a caretaker at a forest resort, his salary paid by the absent and mysterious owner, Mr. Robert. The novel begins with a plaintive and absurd question: “You’re here to buy beans, sir? From me?” The caretaker is ostensibly addressing an out-of-season visitor, but the interlocutor’s presence is minimal. The […]
The people of Poznan have a good reason to be proud. Their city is the home of world's best shopping, art and business center called Stary Browar (Old Brewery). This 19th century building before the war had been the leader among the best Polish breweries. After the war, it was nearly ruined by the post war socialists and killed after the political transformation by the new communist authorities. Fortunately, at the beginning of the third millennium Poznan's Old Brewery was rejuvenated and rehabbed to a completely new shape.
