Czytanie miasta – kulturowy palimpsest. [Czytanie miasta 2. Bielsko-Biała jako kulturowy palimpsest. Tom 1. Literackie Bielsko-Biała. Teksty o tematyce literaturoznawczej, red. M. Bernacki, R. Pysz, Bielsko-Biała: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Akademii Techniczno-Humanistycznej w Bielsku-Białej, 2020, ss. 295.]

The collective work, published in 2020, the theme of which is the culture of Bielsko-Biała documents the rich history of the 1wo-city. The city is analyzed on many levels by art historians, literary scholars and linguists. The publication restores the city`s memory related to the heritage of German and Jewish citizens, erased during the building of the Polish People’s Republic (the communist regime). The rediscovery of forgotten stories, symbols, and many other cultural artifacts is reminiscent of a palimpsest on which the experiences of subsequent generations have been overwritten. Getting to the original text is painstaking work that has been successfully undertaken and completed by the editors and authors of the individual chapters.