地球自轉軸包含了世界所有經線的兩個交匯點，同時也是伊格納丘克（Ignaciuk）夫婦創作該書的象徵性軸心。 波蘭極地探險家馬雷克·卡明斯基 (Marek Kamiński) 曾在一年內分抵兩極，完成偉大壯舉，該書內容即有關此探險，或者可說是有關「每場探險都從內心開始」這件事。事前準備工作的辛勞和探險本身的巨大難度，作者皆以趣味方式說明並以圖畫生動表現，有宏偉的全景圖、鳥瞰和低角度等各種鏡頭、完整平面圖、特寫鏡頭細節及含諸多訊息的圖表，如：地圖、圖表和編輯方式類似動畫電影的畫面配置等。 書中有插頁和整頁插圖，以及類似小插圖的小版畫，伊格納邱克還使用有趣的刮畫板技術，讓插圖呈現珍貴的木刻和油氈版畫效果。大量的白色為作品中藍和橙這兩種互補色彩的一貫呈現提供絕佳背景，且以深藍取代經典的黑，更讓人聯想起浩瀚的海洋和深邃的夜空，畢竟夜空並非黑色。 圖像層次蘊含多種價值，一方面來說是詳實且鉅細靡遺的探險日記，與成功伴隨而來的痛苦和疲勞貫穿其中，另一方面則是對永恆雪鄉的詩意般詠嘆。
安妮塔·溫岑茨尤什-帕提納（Anita Wincencjusz-Patyna）
巴托米耶·伊格納邱克（Bartłomiej Ignaciuk） – 電影導演、編劇、插畫家和平面造型設計師，格但斯克美術學院畢業， 從事書籍插畫工作多年， 雖然作品只有三本書，卻贏得各獎項，值得誇耀。
阿嘉塔·洛特–伊格納邱克（Agata Loth-Ignaciuk） – 平面造型設計師，華沙美術學院畢業，童書作者和合著者。因為意識到自己無法將腦中的所有想法都付諸實現，所以創立了 Druganoga 出版社，。
《馬雷克·卡明斯基，如何在…一年內征服地球的南北極》
阿嘉塔·洛特-伊格納邱克、巴托米耶·伊格納邱克
Druganoga 出版社，華沙2020
Selected samples
She climbed her first peaks in a headscarf at a time when women in the mountains were treated by climbers as an additional backpack. It was with her that female alpinism began! She gained recognition in a spectacular way. The path was considered a crossing for madmen. Especially since the tragic accident in 1929, preserved … Continue reading “Halina”
First, Marysia, a student of an exclusive private school in Warsaw’s Mokotów district, dies under the wheels of a train. Her teacher, Elżbieta, tries to find out what really happened. She starts a private investigation only soon to perish herself. But her body disappears, and the only people who have seen anything are Gniewomir, a … Continue reading “Wound”
A young girl, Regina Wieczorek, was found dead on the beach. She was nineteen years old and had no enemies. Fortunately, the culprit was quickly found. At least, that’s what the militia think. Meanwhile, one day in November, Jan Kowalski appears at the police station. He claims to have killed not only Regina but also … Continue reading “Penance”
The year is 1922. A dangerous time of breakthrough. In the Eastern Borderlands of the Republic of Poland, Bolshevik gangs sow terror, leaving behind the corpses of men and disgraced women. A ruthless secret intelligence race takes place between the Lviv-Warsaw-Free City of Gdańsk line. Lviv investigator Edward Popielski, called Łysy (“Hairless”), receives an offer … Continue reading “A Girl with Four Fingers”
This question is closely related to the next one, namely: if any goal exists, does life lead us to that goal in an orderly manner? In other words, is everything that happens to us just a set of chaotic events that, combined together, do not form a whole? To understand how the concept of providence … Continue reading “Order and Love”
The work of Józef Łobodowski (1909-1988) – a remarkable poet, prose writer, and translator, who spent most of his life in exile – is slowly being revived in Poland. Łobodowski’s brilliant three- volume novel, composed on an epic scale, concerns the fate of families and orphans unmoored by the Bolshevik Revolution and civil war and … Continue reading “Ukrainian Trilogy: Thickets, The Settlement, The Way Back”
