Szczygieł will be joined by translator Antonia Lloyd-Jones, with whom he will appear at the University of Cambridge in an event hosted by Polish studies scholar Stanley Bill.
On February 25, the pair will take part in a conversation with Robin Ashenden, founder of the Central and Eastern European London Review, at Waterstones Islington in London.
Further events are scheduled for February 26 at the Polish Hearth in London and February 27 at St. Anne's College in Oxford.
In her translator's note, Lloyd-Jones writes that Not There focuses on ordinary people and the experiences that shape their lives, prompting reflection on memory, loss and the subjective nature of truth.
The essays feature encounters with figures including a Czech poet, a Ukrainian soldier, a Polish accountant, an Albanian painter and an Israeli writer.
Publisher Linden Editions describes the book as allowing memory and conversation to guide the narrative, exploring the human condition “with empathy and wit.”
Szczygieł is the author of numerous works of literary reportage on Poland and the Czech Republic.
His books have been published in more than 20 countries and have earned major international awards, including Poland's Nike Literary Award, which he won in 2019 for Not There.
Lloyd-Jones is among the leading translators of Polish literature into English. Her work includes novels by Olga Tokarczuk and translations of writers such as Paweł Huelle, Jacek Dehnel, Zygmunt Miłoszewski and Janusz Korczak.
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