Polish literature

Gulaš od ptice turul

A cultural essay and guidebook, a humorous tale of cuisine with historiosophical reflections, spiced with brilliant humor and self-irony.

Ide skačući po gorama

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Kralj života

The King of Life is a fictionalized biography of Oscar Wilde in which Jan Parandowski depicts his life path, literary rise, aesthetic ideals, and tragic fall marked by social condemnation and persecution.

Kroz pustinju i prašumu

An adventure story set in Africa at the end of the 19th century. It follows the fate of two young protagonists, 14-year-old Pole Stas Tarkowski and 8-year-old Englishwoman Nel Rawlison, who are kidnapped by Sudanese robbers in colonial Egypt.

Kroz pustinju i prašumu

An adventure novel for young adults by Polish Nobel Prize winner Henryk Sienkiewicz, set in exotic 19th-century Africa. The work, translated into many languages, follows the adventures of a boy, Staś Tarkowski, and a girl, Nel Rawlison.

Mirza

Morfij

Konstanty Willemann, a morphine addict and cynic torn between Polish and German identity, tries to survive September 1939 and the war, running away from history, his mother, women and himself.

Nebo gori

Nebo gori is a novel about the growing up of high school student Teofil Grodzicki who, through doubts, internal conflicts and questioning of faith, searches for his own view of the world on the eve of the First World War.

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