About a religious ‘miracle’ in Communist Poland

Vivid and powerful picture of the communist regime in Albania – by an acclaimed young reportage writer who gives a voice to the ones who had been denied their own

Stories full of suppressed emotion, about people who find themselves beyond the main current of contemporary life

A European intellectual on the road through America, dealing with the midlife crisis. Debut novel by an acclaimed playwright and poet

Inhabitants of a block of flats are unable to adapt themselves to the swift pace of economic transformation

A talented and depraved wins (and easily squanders) a fortune at cards, while mingling in the most privileged circles

Liebert’s legacy reflects the dilemmas of a generation which was to create Poland anew

The early literary works of Pope John Paul II – a valuable testimony to the transformations occurring in him during this period of his life

Set in an alternate world where Spaniards never conquered the Americas

A succesful combination of social drama and psychological thriller adapted into a Canal+ TV series

Without Polish help, it would not have been possible for any of them to survive

The story of a shockingly beautiful and dangerous secret agent

Popiełuszko’s death suffered at the hands of Communist Security Service remains a mystery to this day

The life of an individual enmeshed in history

A splendidly received and widely commented debut of a young historian of ideas

This is the sixth volume of the series entitled ’As the fabled cranes’, dedicated to the life and works of the great Polish bard Adam Mickiewicz.

In Container, his most personal and perhaps most splendid book, Marek Bieńczyk arrives at literary perfection; both when he is writing about Canetti, Faulkner, and Camus, and when he mentions his loved ones by name — for the author has poured into his ‘container’ everything that is most dear to him.

Jacek Dukaj’s new book is an intellectual journey through the most fascinating issues of contemporary civilisation — unto its very sunset, and that of man as well.

Concrete mushrooms in the front yard, swans made out of tyres, knights and dinosaurs of nuts and bolts, religious notions and knick-knacks — what for some people is the nadir of bad taste and kitsch, constitutes for Olga Drenda fascinating material for a study on Polish ingenuity.

Szczerski’s book presents the art of the times of transformation; i.e., that created in the nations of East-Central Europe, from the Baltic to the Balkans, following the events of 1989.

Drawing from truly impressive wellsprings of erudition, Łuczewski delves into theory from several areas; for example, studies on mass memory, or mass social movements.

In his book, prominent scholar and writer Wojciech Roszkowski offers a deep accounting of our civilisation

A wonderful testament to the power and vitality of metaphysical poetry

Writing down irretrievably lost memories from childhood allows one to come to terms with loss

In a search for meaning in a world plagued by emptiness

Majewski is fascinated by the world of art, painting and symbols

Well-crafted social and historical anecdotes, amusing and disturbing at the same time, are imbued with metaphysical angst by one of the most promising young Polish authors

One of Poland’s greatest stories told in this medium

More than a catalogue and more than a biography or an academic study – much as Szukalski was more than an artist

A female, contemporary ‘sanatorium novel’ drawing on The Magic Mountain

Małecki doesn’t force the reader to get emotional while allowing for it

The reality Twardoch has created is a vortex of dark urges, a world full of violence and cruelty

In Helak’s novel, the Borderlands becomes an emanation of Polish identity

Górecki’s Symphony of Sorrowful Songs passed Sting, Madonna and Nirvana in British and American music charts

A one of a kind meditation on the loss of loved ones

The fictional Rokitnica is a closed microcosm, to which strangers are not allowed

Wake-up call against uncritical trust in technology

Beneath the surface of everyday life

Micro-stories about a city inhaled like nicotine or a narcotic

An epic rooted in the intuition and rhythm of hip-hop

A new novel by the master of Polish prose

A picture of true closeness – that between women

A new book by one of the most acclaimed and popular Polish writers

The authors invited to contribute to Worlds Apart represent the Polish cream of the crop

Captivating short story collection that reads like a novel

A mismatched couple, connected by a shared fate, a blood bond, a pension

The story of unextinguished, belated desire

Members of the Polish resistance clash with Nazis in the noir style

Tomczyk draws from Polish history, but always bears in mind the problems of today

Poems that disrupt our sense of comfortable wellbeing

Are we drifting or navigating?

Poetry courageous in its directness, essential due to the gravity of its themes

How to build a marriage that lasts a lifetime

To understand the turnabout that has taken place in Poland, you must read Wildstein

Poles should go back to defining themselves along the North-South axis

Combining a detective’s temperament with a psychologist’s insight, Monika Piątkowska undertakes a meticulous investigation and creates a life-sized portrait of Bolesław Prus (1847-1912)

From archives, family documents, letters and diaries, Monika Śliwińska constructs a portrait of the little-known private life of Stanisław Wyspiański (1869-1907)

The main character of Bikont’s work, Irena Sendler, saved hundreds of Jewish children during the Second World War, and became a symbol of all those who had courage to oppose evil

To learn the truth about one of the greatest Polish musicians, whose Rosemary’s Baby lullaby was hummed by the whole world, Magdalena Grzebałkowska visits, among others, Scandinavia, Russia and the United States

This is the first Polish biography of Stanisław Lem, author of science-fiction novels and one of the most translated Polish writers

This is the first full biography of a writer whose life and work continues to fascinate each new generation

Andrzej Franaszek’s monumental biography of Zbigniew Herbert, one of the greatest Polish contemporary poets, is an engaging story about the fate and attitude of the artist.

A saint who walked in sandals and slept under the same roof as villains, drunks and whores

The story of the first woman to ascend K2

One of the most important Polish books on communism and Russia in recent years

Touching, original stories of five concentration camp survivors

By an eulogist of Ukraine, fascinated by the East

From heroism to betrayal – a passionate story about people in post-war Poland

Holewiński makes human sexuality the key to the epoch he describes