Wspomnienia Gustawa Herlinga - Grudzińskiego z sowieckiego łagru w Jercewie pod Archagielskiem. Książka obok nieprzeciętnych walorów literackich jest przede wszystkim - co podkreśla w rozmowie Autor -…
Originally published in Polish [as Rękopis Znaleziony w Saragossie, 1847], later translated into French as Manuscrit trouvé à Saragosse, the work is a supposed translation of a manuscript from the tim…
The American poet John Shade is dead. His last poem, 'Pale Fire', is put into a book, together with a preface, a lengthy commentary and notes by Shade's editor, Charles Kinbote. Known on campus as the…
The thirteenth novel in Émile Zola’s great Rougon-Macquart sequence, Germinal expresses outrage at the exploitation of the many by the few, but also shows humanity’s capacity for compassion and hope.
Autorka Służących do wszystkiego wraca do tematu wiejskich kobiet, ale tym razem to opowieść zza drugiej strony drzwi chłopskiej chałupy. Podczas, gdy Maryśki i Kaśki wyruszają do miast, by usługiwać …
The Street of Crocodiles in the Polish city of Drogobych is a street of memories and dreams where recollections of Bruno Schulz's uncommon boyhood and of the eerie side of his merchant family's life a…
"Oto nadchodzi koniec świata. Oto nadciąga, zbliża się czy raczej przypełza mój własny koniec świata. Koniec mego osobistego świata. Ale zanim mój wszechświat rozpadnie się w gruzy, rozsypie na atomy,…
Danny is a paisano, descended from the original Spanish settlers who arrived in Monterey, California, centuries before. He values friendship above money and possessions, so when he suddenly inherits t…
The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. When his delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven…
In this bitterly funny novel by the renowned Polish author Witold Gombrowicz. a writer finds himself tossed into a chaotic world of schoolboys by a diabolical professor who wishes to reduce him to chi…
The Sicilian prince Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa (1896-1957) died just after writing The Leopard, his only novel. Visconti's film adaptation, starring Alain Delon and Claudia Cardinale, won the Palme …
