AustLit

A story about a Polish boy's experiences in a village on the outskirts of Kraków during the last stages of World War II. Certain details of the boy's life, such as his birth in the city of Lwów and arrival in Kraków as a young child, strongly suggest that the story is autobiographical (given the biographical note on the author included on the back cover). The boy is tormented by other boys in the village as a city child and a perceived weakling, until he finds his niche in their society as a skilled flycatcher.