Marek Bieńczyk has collected the boldly witty wine columns he has been publishing in "Gazeta Wyborcza", Poland's largest-circulation daily newspaper, in a neat little book about the delights of the palate in the tasting of the diverse kinds of the drink of the gods...
Marek Bieńczyk has collected the boldly witty wine columns he has been publishing in "Gazeta Wyborcza", Poland's largest-circulation daily newspaper, in a neat little book about the delights of the palate in the tasting of the diverse kinds of the drink of the gods. Contrary to what you might expect, it is not just a compendium of occasional pieces. As one critic has written, "This author is too concerned over his style to waste his literary talent on newspaper hackwork. Writing about wine reveals the paradox with which every writer is forced to struggle: not being able to put in words what is most important and must be expressed."
"Bieńczyk's palate is as sensitive as a sophisticated sommelier's, and his literary talent and imagination reach for the skies even without the intoxication of wine, so his 'Wine Chronicles' may be compared only with the bon-viveur's bible, the famous 'Physiologie du gout' by Anthelme Brillat-Savarin." (Tadeusz Olszański)
Marek Bieńczyk (b. 1956) - writer, essayist, and translator of Kundera, Barthes, and Cioran. Member of FIJEV (The International Federation of Wines, Spirits and Writers).
- Marek Bieńczyk
The Wine Chronicles / Kroniki wina
Wydawnictwo Sic!, Warszawa 2001
translation rights: Marek Bieńczyk, rights available
133 x 203, 296 pages, hardcover
ISBN 83-86056-93-2