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Swimming in the Dark (2020)

Swimming in the Dark
Polish title: Płynąc w ciemnościach (2020)
By: Tomasz Jedrowski
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According to Her (2022)

According to Her
Polish title: Według niej (2004)
By: Maciej Nawariak (Maciej Hen)
Translated by: Anna Blasiak
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The Salt of the Earth (2016)

The Salt of the Earth
Polish title: Sól ziemi (1935)
Translated by: Patrick John Corness
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The Map (2022)

The Map
Polish title: Mapa (2019)
By: Barbara Sadurska
Translated by: Kate Webster
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Doctor Bianco and Other Stories (2021)

Doctor Bianco and Other Stories
Polish title: Doktor Bianko i inne opowiadania (2019)
By: Maciek Bielawski
Translated by: Scotia Gilroy

It is a collection of short stories, sometimes funny, but mostly bitter, about the ordinary people, who’s habits and characters can feel very familiar. Sparse, non sentimental prose gradually unravels portraits of people living in the same old tenement.

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Nowolipie Street (2012)

Nowolipie Street
Polish title: Nowolipie (2019)
By: Józef Hen
Translated by: Krystyna Boron
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Cosmos (2011)

Cosmos
Polish title: Kosmos (2018)
By: Witold Gombrowicz
Translated by: Danuta Borchardt
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The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma (2020)

The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma
Polish title: Kariera Nikodema Dyzmy (2017)
By: Tadeusz Dołega-Mostowicz
Translated by: Ewa Małachowska-Pask, Megan Thomas

Dołęga-Mostowicz wrote his novel in a newly independent Poland rampant with political corruption and populist pandering. This biting political satire, hilarious and disturbing, cont is an indictment of a system in which money and connections matter above all else, a deeply incompetent man rises to the highest spheres of government and aristocracy.

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