Yanko: The Musician and Other Stories

The first collection of short stories by Henryk Sienkiewicz, a Polish author and Nobel Prize-winning author. The Musician and Other Stories is a unique literary work. It consists of a collection of stories written in the form of Yanko's memoirs. They are about his early childhood, youth, apprenticeship to an innkeeper and finally his experiences as a soldier during the Napoleonic war. Yanko is the embodiment of Polish culture and tradition, but he must find himself first before he can live authentically. This novel has been translated into many languages and is now one of the most popular works in the world of Polish literature.