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A Chip Shop in Poznań

Ben Aitken
3.43/5 (838 ratings)
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'One of the funniest books of the year' - Paul Ross, talkRADIO

Not many Brits move to Poland to work in a fish and chip shop. Fewer still come back wanting to be a Member of the European Parliament.

Ben Aitken moved to Poland in 2016 to understand why the Poles were leaving. He booked the cheapest flight he could find, to a place he had never heard of - Poznan. This candid, funny and off-beat book is the account of his year in Poland, as an unlikely immigrant.

Between peeling potatoes and boning fish, Ben spent time on the road travelling the country. He missed the bus to Auschwitz; stayed with a dozen nuns near Krakow; was offered a job by a Eurosceptic farmer and went to Gdansk to learn how communism got the chop. This is a bittersweet portrait of an unsung country, challenging stereotypes that Poland is a grey, ex-soviet land, and revealing a diverse country, rightfully proud of its colourful identity.
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
356 pages
Publication:
2019
Publisher:
Icon Books
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
1785785583
ISBN13:
9781785785580
kindle Asin:
B07S8Z797T

A Chip Shop in Poznań

Ben Aitken
3.43/5 (838 ratings)
Read Download
'One of the funniest books of the year' - Paul Ross, talkRADIO

Not many Brits move to Poland to work in a fish and chip shop. Fewer still come back wanting to be a Member of the European Parliament.

Ben Aitken moved to Poland in 2016 to understand why the Poles were leaving. He booked the cheapest flight he could find, to a place he had never heard of - Poznan. This candid, funny and off-beat book is the account of his year in Poland, as an unlikely immigrant.

Between peeling potatoes and boning fish, Ben spent time on the road travelling the country. He missed the bus to Auschwitz; stayed with a dozen nuns near Krakow; was offered a job by a Eurosceptic farmer and went to Gdansk to learn how communism got the chop. This is a bittersweet portrait of an unsung country, challenging stereotypes that Poland is a grey, ex-soviet land, and revealing a diverse country, rightfully proud of its colourful identity.
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
356 pages
Publication:
2019
Publisher:
Icon Books
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
1785785583
ISBN13:
9781785785580
kindle Asin:
B07S8Z797T

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