Lover of the Big Dipper

Raków at the beginning of the 20th century is a place where smuggling was not a crime, but a way of life, and the great and unwavering Big Dipper watched over everything. Sergei Piasetsky, himself once associated with the Raków element, conveys the atmosphere of a free, dangerous, but magnetic world that has disappeared from maps, but lives on in this text. Here is a full translation of the legendary author's version of the novel, which is considered a cult for all of Eastern Europe.

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The cult novel “The Lover of the Big Dipper” is being translated for the first time from the author’s version, supplemented and corrected by Sergei Piasetsky in 1964. This work has preserved on its pages the magical, unknown and eventful life of the Raków smugglers, which would have disappeared forever if it were not for the keen eye of the author who observed this element. A colorful documentary basis, personal experience, bright characters and sincere feelings – and above all this rolls the strange Big Dipper… the wonderful, unique, enchanted Big Dipper reigns.