| dc.description.abstract | The author of Crusaders came to the Beskidy foothills region in 1922, and after several months, she decided to
settle in Górki Wielkie, near Bielsko Biała, permanently. She lived there with her family until World War II and
since 1957, when she returned from a ten-year stay in Great Britain. It is puzzling that she missed Górki Wielkie
so much although she was not born there. When writing books about Silesia (Unknown Country, In Silesia, Adventures
of Kacperek the Gnome from Gorki, The Big and the Small, The Polish Year, The Custom and the Faith), she would
present only the people from the Beskidy foothills region as honest, worthy patriots. She emphasized their
immersion in the countryside, the peculiar sense of time, religiousness, customs, and their consistent abidance in
Polishness. Describing Beskidy, she maintained, that to grow into [this countryside] is easy, but to part with it
is difficult, and she noticed many symbols in it, she often used the figure of hyperbole. To her, the Silesia
Beskid is the most beautiful place in the world. | en_EN |
