Bukareszt. Kurz i krew by Małgorzata Rejmer

This world is abominable, there is no reason to sympathise with it, one should even shun it, not to get infected, but also, there is nowhere to escape from it. The characters that make up the world of Toximia are repellent although, it can be seen that Rejmer uses the repulsiveness deliberately. The debut book includes somehow exaggerated and grotesque cases from the life of Warsaw's Praga Południe district. Less interested in the story, she is more into the analysis of a non-normative case. Rejmer looks at the world and she gathers material for her work from the world, not always processing it into 'literature' in the literal sense of the word. Terms such as 'fiction' or 'non-fiction' cannot be applied without restraint when defining this writing. Spreading her texts in various spaces of contemporary literary life, from the blogosphere to short forms published in the press, Rejmer tries to cross the boundaries of literariness and pure reportage, thus developing a transitional form. Both books were received favourably and with interest, which, in the case of Bucharest, also resulted in awards granted by various literary bodies (the Teresa Torańska Newsweek Award for reportage, the Gryfia Literary Award for a female author, nomination for Polityka's Passports, and the Nike Literary Award). (born in 1985), she has so far published two books: a novel Toksymia (2009) and a non-fiction work Bukareszt.

Bukareszt. Kurz i krew by Małgorzata Rejmer