拉法爾·科希克的《菲利克斯、內特和妮卡》青少年系列叢書於 2004 年在波蘭出版,這本有關三位華沙中學生的歷險記當下即獲得廣大讀者共鳴(粉絲俱樂部和部落格紛紛成立,總發行量達數十萬冊)。 該系列深刻反映現代現實,書中的國中生主角們用的是流行的「年輕人」用語,而在他們深入的冒險中,不僅有古老幽靈,更有現代人工智能程序和瘋狂發明出現。 菲利克斯、內特和妮卡除了相繼解開謎題、穿越時空和打造奇異裝置外,還得面對中學內實際發生的各種狀況,他們與勒索錢財的校內幫派爭鬥,接觸到毒品問題,更體驗了青春期的初戀。書中儘管行動進展快得驚人,內容其實相當嚴肅,評論家重視其不帶說教的教育內涵、對知識、波蘭歷史和包括友誼、責任和合宜性等普世價值觀的強調和引用,也因此該系列中有數集被列入學校規定讀物清單中,甚至搬上銀幕。 其中幾集也被翻譯成立陶宛語、匈牙利語和捷克語。
拉法爾·科希克 – (1971)科幻作家、平面造型設計者和插畫家,於 2001 年在 《新科幻》 雜誌上首度發表短篇小說,2004-2015 年間出版的《菲利克斯、內特和妮卡》 14 集系列叢書為他帶來最高人氣,系列書全由 Powergraph 出版社出版,而拉法爾·科希克正是該出版社的聯合創始人。 作為一名作家,他寫自己想讀的東西,即科幻和恐怖小說,而此二類型的結合則最佳, 他對如實描述現實不感興趣。
拉法爾·科希克的無限想像力和創造性的語言使他成為最受歡迎的波蘭兒童作家之一,其創造文學世界的能力也深受成人科幻小說讀者的讚賞。
伍卡什·登伯斯基(Łukasz Dębski),兒童文學節的聯合創始人
只要你願意,就會被吸引進他們的世界! 請坐下來,讓 拉法爾·科希克帶領你進入!
亞格妮斯卡·菲爾德(Agnieszka Felde), gildia.p
《菲利克斯、內特和妮卡》(系列叢書),Powergraph 出版社,華沙2004-2015
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”