„Każda rodzina potrzebuje swojego imienia oraz swojej pamięci” – pamięć i zapominanie w literackim obrazie Hajnówki na przykładzie prozy Michała Androsiuka

Abstract

The article offers the reading of Michał Androsiuk’s "Biały koń", "Wagon drugiej klasy" in the context of remembrance, addressing the question of identity of Belarusians in Podlasie region. A borderland town of Hajnówka becomes the place where individual and collective memory, History, and imagination intersect. Finally, it appears that the long-lasting cohesive national identity, while grounded on false premises, might prove to be more tempting or convenient than the complex, equivocal frontier past.