Books
Doctor Bianco and Other Stories (2021)
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.
Read moreNowolipie Street (2012)
Polish title: Nowolipie (2019)
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By: Józef Hen
Translated by: Krystyna Boron
Cosmos (2011)
Polish title: Kosmos (2018)
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By: Witold Gombrowicz
Translated by: Danuta Borchardt
The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma (2020)
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.
Read moreThe Life of Cyprian Norwid (1821-1883) (2021)
By: Józef Franciszek Fert
Translated by: Urszula Błaszak, Stan Mickiewicz
Blinded by the Lights (2020)
Polish title: Ślepnąc od świateł (2014)
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By: Jakub Zulczyk
Translated by: Marek Kazmierski
The Doll (1996)
Polish title: Lalka (1890)
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By: Bolesław Prus
Translated by: David J. Welsh
Six Polish poets (2009)
By: Jacek Dehnel
Translated by: Elżbieta Wójcik-Leese, Bill Johnston