Poland. A Modern History by Anita Prażmowska
Polish independence following the end of World War I marked a new era for a nation which had endured centuries of foreign partition. But the spirit of Polish nationalism - forged during this long period of...[more]
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Finding Poland by Matthew Kelly
Following the partitioning of Poland by Germany and the Soviet Union in 1939, Matthew Kelly’s great grandmother and her two daughters were deported to the East. Thus began an extraordinary ordeal that took them, and many...[more]
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The Sound of Two Songs by Mark Power
Published by Photoworks in association with Photomonth in KrakowEssays by Gerry Badger, Wojciech Nowicki and Marek BieńczykDesigned by SMITH Hardback with screen-printed cloth250mm x 310mm168 pages, 73 full colour...[more]
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Entanglement by Zygmunt Miloszewski
The morning after a gruelling psychotherapy session in a Warsaw monastery, Henryk Telak is found dead, a roasting spit stuck in one eye. The case lands on the desk of State Prosecutor Teodor Szacki. World-weary, suffering from...[more]
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Lovetown by Michał Witkowski
Lovetown is the first novel published in Poland which portrays what it was like to be different and gay in a communist state. It is unusual for its frank and open view of a world that is unfamiliar to outsiders, and for making...[more]
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Primeval and Other Times by Olga Tokarczuk
Tokarczuk's third novel, Primeval and Other Times was awarded the Kościelski Foundation Prize in 1997, which established the author as one of the leading voices in Polish letters. It is set in the mythical village of Primeval in...[more]
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At The Heart of Central Europe: great writers and the ruptures of the 20th century
Saturday 15 May 2010, 2.00-5.00pmGustave Tuck Lecture Theatre, Wilkins Building Gower Street, London WC1E 6BTFree A seminar hosted by the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) to...[more]
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