Anna Świrszczyńska / Melchior Wańkowicz

Building the Barricade / The Battle for Monte Cassino

Both books depict the struggles of Poles at home and abroad during World War II

Tadeusz Borowski / Gustaw Herling-Grudziński

Farewell to Maria / A World Apart

Shocking testimonies to what Poles endured following the outbreak of World War II

Maria Faustyna Kowalska

Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska: Divine Mercy in My Soul

Record of the spiritual experiences of the Catholic saint Faustyna Kowalska

Józef Mackiewicz

The Colonel Myasoedov Affair

War prose by one of the most outstanding Polish writers of the 20th century

Józef Mackiewicz

The Road to Nowhere

Critics have placed The Road to Nowhere together with novels concerned with the totalitarian experience, such as those by Orwell or Solzhenitsyn

Józef Mackiewicz

The Rojsty Rebellion

Great predecessor of the post-war school of Polish reportage

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