《沃伊特克，無軍服的士兵》不是童話，而是真實故事，有真正的結局。 這是一本關於誠實、勇氣與自由等價值觀的書；這是一本關於友情、愛情、悲傷和憤怒等情感的書；這也是一本關於成長的書。 帶歷史性質的內容具普遍價值，以兒童熟悉的語言道來，帶領其進入貼近的情境中，暖心的插圖則讓故事不帶戰爭的恐怖。請來認識沃伊特克的故事，它是一名士兵，隨著安德斯將軍帶領的軍隊穿越中東，然後到達意大利，在卡西諾山作戰。請來認識這隻世界上最知名的熊的故事，它就是沃伊特克！
艾麗莎·皮歐特夫斯卡– （1976年生）數十本童書的作者和插畫家，曾獲多項文學獎，是藝術史學家和評論家、翻譯，波茲南的亞當·密茨凱維奇大學和羅馬大學畢業生，與波蘭最大的童書出版社和雜誌社合作。《土普丘·胡普丘（Tupcio Chrupcio）》系列叢書為其帶來最大名氣，儘管皮歐特夫斯卡長年旅居國外（先定居羅馬，2011 年起則長住巴西），卻未停止在波蘭出版作品，包括在媒體刊登文章和出書等。
激動人心的故事 ，而且有事實根據，沃伊特克這隻熊在第二次世界大戰期間隨著波蘭士兵四處征戰。
波格娜·比亞維茨卡（Bogna Białecka） – 心理學家、健康教育和心理治療基金會主任。
該視角不會讓人有殘酷感，內容側重於呈現沃伊特克可能有的感受，以及那些遠離家人、身處完全陌生地方的士兵的感受。
芭芭拉·門茨科夫斯卡（Barbara Męczykowska），histmag.org – 歷史愛好者的波蘭最大網路平台
《沃伊特克，無軍服的士兵》，艾麗莎·皮歐特夫斯卡，聖沃伊切赫出版社，波茲南，2017 年
Selected samples
She climbed her first peaks in a headscarf at a time when women in the mountains were treated by climbers as an additional backpack. It was with her that female alpinism began! She gained recognition in a spectacular way. The path was considered a crossing for madmen. Especially since the tragic accident in 1929, preserved … Continue reading “Halina”
First, Marysia, a student of an exclusive private school in Warsaw’s Mokotów district, dies under the wheels of a train. Her teacher, Elżbieta, tries to find out what really happened. She starts a private investigation only soon to perish herself. But her body disappears, and the only people who have seen anything are Gniewomir, a … Continue reading “Wound”
A young girl, Regina Wieczorek, was found dead on the beach. She was nineteen years old and had no enemies. Fortunately, the culprit was quickly found. At least, that’s what the militia think. Meanwhile, one day in November, Jan Kowalski appears at the police station. He claims to have killed not only Regina but also … Continue reading “Penance”
The year is 1922. A dangerous time of breakthrough. In the Eastern Borderlands of the Republic of Poland, Bolshevik gangs sow terror, leaving behind the corpses of men and disgraced women. A ruthless secret intelligence race takes place between the Lviv-Warsaw-Free City of Gdańsk line. Lviv investigator Edward Popielski, called Łysy (“Hairless”), receives an offer … Continue reading “A Girl with Four Fingers”
This question is closely related to the next one, namely: if any goal exists, does life lead us to that goal in an orderly manner? In other words, is everything that happens to us just a set of chaotic events that, combined together, do not form a whole? To understand how the concept of providence … Continue reading “Order and Love”
The work of Józef Łobodowski (1909-1988) – a remarkable poet, prose writer, and translator, who spent most of his life in exile – is slowly being revived in Poland. Łobodowski’s brilliant three- volume novel, composed on an epic scale, concerns the fate of families and orphans unmoored by the Bolshevik Revolution and civil war and … Continue reading “Ukrainian Trilogy: Thickets, The Settlement, The Way Back”
