Stanislaw Beres, member of the Angelus Jury – The Book of Whispers, the wieght of the subject and the form decided the prize

Stanislaw Beres, literary historian, one of the judges Angelus: – „The Book of Whispers” convinced us so much weight of the subject, which makes Vosganjan what form his approach – he explains. – When we discussed this choice, we talked about the sentences, the language, the magic world of the Orient. Reading „The Book of Whispers” is a little as if they found themselves in a world Bronona Schulz and eastern climates latest book by Olga Tokarczuk. None of us used the word „genocide” during the meeting of the jury, although no doubt Vosganian take here one of the most important challenges faced by the writer. He talks about the trauma and the life on it – we can find a similar theme with Anna Janko in „Little Holocaust.” Both write also about trying to preserve the memory.
Double award for Vosganian is also a triumph of Wroclaw Publishing Climates – the second time in the history of the Angelus book outbuildings gaining this award, after two years ago it went into the hands of Pavol Rankov for „It happened on the first of September (or at other times).”stanislaw