Agnieszka Martinka: “Polovinka. By Bike to the Urals, the Father’s Place of Exile”

We have the pleasure of inviting you to a meeting withing the Curious about the World series. This time we have invited Agnieszka Martinka, who wrote the book “Połowinka. Rowerem na Ural, do miejsca zesłania Ojca. Wspomnienia Ojca, wspomnienia córki” (“Polovinka. By Bike to the Urals, the Father’s Place of Exile. Father’s Memories, Daughter’s Memories”).

February 27th, 2018, 6 PM
Fama Club, 5 Legionowa Street
tickets: 10 PLN – available at the Forum Cinema’s box office and on www.bilety.bok.bialystok.pl

The project is carried out within the celebrations of 100 years of independence

Agnieszka Martinka, born in 1961 in Tomaszów Lubelski, graduated in geology.  A passionate admirer of hiking, cycling and trekking. Pioneer of a bicycle trip around Lake Victoria in Africa. She summited Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya.  Martinka wrote two books: “Fastern than a Lion” – African travel journal, and “Polovinka. By Bike to the Urals, the Father’s Place of Exile. Father’s Memories, Daughter’s Memories”.
www.polowinka.pl

“Polovinka. By Bike to the Urals, the Father’s Place of Exile. Father’s Memories, Daughter’s Memories” is an unconventional story, combining elements of a diary, reportage, travel book, essay and historical novel. It is also a tribute that the author made to her father, Zdzisław Martinka (1927-2007), a doctor from Tomaszów Lubelski. His private notes, descriptions of political events taking place in 1939-1958 were used in the book. The equal part of the book is devoted to the bicycle trip, which began in Lublin, ran through Białystok, Vilnius, Moscow, Polovinka to Yekaterinburg and took one and a half months, from August to September 2006. Agnieszka Martinka eloquently and emotionally talks about adventures, people, sunny and rainy days, accompanying her during the almost 5000 km – long trip.