| You are kindly invited to the launch of Feet of Wax, a historical novel by Joanna
Hempel set on both sides of the Eastern Front in 1914-18. The novel will be
launched by Irina Dunn, formerly Director of the NSW Writers' Centre, and
today Director of the Australian Writers' Network.
Feet of Wax was inspired by true events, its action moving from the idyllic
countryside of Lithuania to Warsaw, St Petersburg, Berlin and New York. The
novel depicts the trials of two young people and their families during World War
I and the Russian Revolution.
Joanna Hempel is of Polish origin and one of Australia's leading playwrights for
young people. She has brought her skills as a dramatist to Feet of Wax, a novel
informed by family journals. Based on her grandparents' lives during
the meltdown of the Russia's Empire and the re-birth of Poland, it reveals
Eastern Europe as it changes forever.
BOOK LAUNCH
FEET OF WAX BY JOANNA HEMPEL
WITH A GUEST OF HONOUR
DEPUTY SPEAKER OF THE SENATE OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND
MS MARIA PAŃCZYK-POŹDZIEJ
FRIDAY 24 OCTOBER 2014, 7:00 PM
CONSULATE GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND IN SYDNEY
10 TRELAWNEY STREET, WOOLLAHRA NSW 2025
FOLLOWED BY A SMALL RECEPTION
RSVP by 23 October 2014 - (02) 9327 8600, marta.kiec-gubala@msz.gov.pl
Reviewers comments:
"A very readable blend of romance, political and military strategy,
intrigue and suspense...to the point that we are continually
anxious to find out what will happen next."
Catherine Hammond, Sydney
"Just as War and Peace captures an entire period of history, this
novel by Joanna Hempel is not merely the result of her study of her
ancestry. Feet of Wax is the story of intensely individualised
people caught up in historical transition. These are real people
brilliantly portrayed."
Ekaterina Gaevskaya, Moscow
More about the Novel
Strona internetowa Joanny Hempel
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