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As he struggles with the tiny Fiats gearbox and Gdansks traffic Pawel thenarrator entertains his driving instructor with stories of his grandparentsbefore the war and of his father in the 1970s centered on their ownership ofMercedesBenz carsthe outings the races the crashes and the inevitablerepairs.Based on fact and illustrated with personal photographs these tales contrastthe golden era of Polands prewar independence with the dismal Communist yearsand with the uncertain new chapter in the countrys history that had only justbegun. With elegant brilliance Huelle creates a touching portrait of threegenerations amid lifechanging historical events.Born in 1957 Pawel Huelle the author of Who Was David Weiser? is anovelist playwright and journalist who has lived most of his life in Gdansk. «
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