A short story commissioned and published by Migrant Journal.
Cyprinus Carpio from Tesco looks at the meandering origins of the Polish Christmas Carp— a fusion dish between Jewish, Polish and Soviet traditions. From a socialist estate in 1980s Poland to a New Town in 2010s England, the story narrates a journey of a Christmas carp from purchase to plate (including a scene of violent killing of the fish), across the Baltic and the North Sea, and across communist Poland and austerity Britain.
Illustated by Seb Pietrovito.
Published in issue 6 in May 2019
Marta Michalowska 
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