Books set in Poland (47)
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The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
In war-torn Warsaw, a zookeeper and his wife refuse to surrender... Now a major motion picture starring Jessica Chastain and Daniel Brühl, Diane Ackerman's The Zookeeper's Wife is based on a remarkable true story of bravery and sanctuary during World War II. Perfect for fans of Lion and Hidden Figures. 'I can't imagine a better story or storyteller. The Zookeeper's Wife will touch every nerve you have' -Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Everything is Illuminated When Germany invades Poland, Luftwaffe bombers devastate Warsaw and the city's zoo along with it. With most of their animals killed, or... continue
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Things I Didn't Throw Out by Marcin Wicca EN
PolandDescription:
A wry and unsentimental account of the attempt to understand a parent as an independent person with their own history.
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This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen by Tadeusz Borowski EN
Description:
Tadeusz Borowski’s concentration camp stories were based on his own experiences surviving Auschwitz and Dachau. In spare, brutal prose he describes a world where where the will to survive overrides compassion and prisoners eat, work and sleep a few yards from where others are murdered; where the difference between human beings is reduced to a second bowl of soup, an extra blanket or the luxury of a pair of shoes with thick soles; and where the line between normality and abnormality vanishes. Published in Poland after the Second World War, these stories constitute a masterwork of world literatu... continue
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Un Lugar Llamado Antaño by Olga Tokarczuk ES
Description:
La novela narra las pequeñas anécdotas y hechos fantásticos que van ocurriendo en el pueblo ficticio de Antaño, mientras afuera, en el mundo, ocurren guerras y hechos turbulentos que apenas tocan levemente a sus habitantes,y sin que entiendan demasiado de que se trata. Una novela con la poesía de la inocencia.
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View With A Grain Of Sand : Selected Poems by Wislawa Szymborska EN
Description:
From one of Europe’s most prominent and celebrated poets, a collection remarkable for its graceful lyricism. With acute irony tempered by a generous curiosity, Szymborska documents life’s improbability as well as its transient beauty to capture the wonder of existence. Preface by Mark Strand. Translated by Stanislaw Baranczak and Clare Cavanagh, winners of the PEN Translation Prize.
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Wartime Lies : A Novel by Louis Begley EN
UkraineDescription:
"Extraordinary...Rich in irony and regret...[the] people and settings are vividly realized and his prose [is] compelling in its simplicity." THE WALL STREET JOURNAL As the world slips into the throes of war in 1939, young Maciek's once closetted existence outside Warsaw is no more. When Warsaw falls, Maciek escapes with his aunt Tania. Together they endure the war, running, hiding, changing their names, forging documents to secure their temporary lives—as the insistent drum of the Nazi march moves ever closer to them and to their secret wartime lies.
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Where the Dark Stands Still by A. B. Poranek EN
Country: North America / 
Canada
Canada
Description:
A girl with dangerous magic makes a risky bargain with a demon to be free of her monstrous power in this young adult fantasy.