A long, long time ago and essentially true

Denne boka har to parallelle handlingar som går føre seg i "gamle" og "nye" Polen. Ein mann med kallenamnet Spurven forelskar seg. Ei jente med kallenamnet Baba Yaga skildrar si oppleving av Krakow. Dette er veldig enkelt fortalt, og høyrest kanskje ikkje så spanande eller annleis ut. Men eg vil at de skal lesa boka og oppdaga handlinga sjølve. Denne boka fortener det.

Nokre minneverdige sitat:
"Anielica watched the figure disappear into the woods, the corners of her mouth creeping upward, cocking the bow that would eventually logde the arrow securely in the Pidgeon's heart."

"A woman's heart is not bought by the currency of a man's emotion for her. A woman's heart is won over by her own feelings for herself when he just happens to be around."

"'Pale chickens!' Anielica whispered, the strongest language she'd ever used."

"[The groom's] face had grown as pale and fragile as the shell of an egg. It would remain like that the entire winter, the color only returning to it (...) when his cheek felt the breath of his first child."