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Rights Catalogue Frankfurt Book Fair 2005 2006 Wydawnictwo Literackie Kraków Contact Joanna Dąbrowska, Rights Manager [email protected] tel. +48 12 422 96 32, fax +48 12 422 54 23 A list of titles available for translation 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. „Abecadło ks. Twardowskiego” „Autobiografia ks. Twardowskiego”, opr. A. Iwanowska Aleksandrowicz Julian, „Kartki z dziennika doktora Twardego” Anderman Janusz, „Fotografie” Anderman Janusz, „Gra na zwłokę” Anderman Janusz, „Największy słoń na świecie” Anderman Janusz, „Cały czas” Axer Erwin, „Ćwiczenia pamięci” Axer Erwin, „Kłopoty młodości, kłopoty starości” Bereś Witold, Konwicki Tadeusz, „Pół wieku czyśćca” Bikont Piotr, Makłowicz Robert, „Listy pieczętowane sosem, czyli gdzie karmią najlepiej w Polsce” Błoński Jan, „25 kawałków” Błoński Jan, „Witkacy za zawsze” Błoński Jan, „Wszystkie sztuki Sławomira Mrożka” Błoński Jan, „Wybór pism t. 1–3 Bocheński Jacek, „Kaprysy starszego pana” Bolecki Włodzimierz „Ciemna miłość” Bomba Jacek, Terakowska Dorota, „Być rodziną”, cz. 1 i 2. Borkowska Grażyna, „Dąbrowska i Stempowski” Borkowska Grażyna, „Nierozważna i nieromantyczna. O Halinie Poświatowskiej Boy Tadeusz, „Słówka” Bronner Irena, „Cykady nad Wisłą i Jordanem” Burzyńska Anna , „Ostatnia miłość i inne kłopoty” (forthcoming) Chętkowski Dariusz, „L.d.d.w. – osierocona generacja” Chętkowski Dariusz, „Z budy. Czy spuścić ucznia z łańcucha?” Chrzanowski Ignacy, „Kresy” Czapliński Przemysław, „Kalendarium literatury polskiej 1976–2000” Czapliński Przemysław, „Efekt bierności. Literatura w czasie normalnym” Czapliński Przemysław, „Ślady przełomu” Czapliński Przemysław, „Wzniosłe tęsknoty” Dasko Henryk, Od królestwa Stalina po wieżowce Chin” (forthcoming) Długosz Leszek, „Dusza na ramieniu” Długosz Leszek, „Piwnica idzie do góry” Dudziński Andrzej, „Pokrak” Dukaj Jacek, „Extensa” Dukaj Jacek, „Inne pieśni” Dukaj Jacek, „Król Bólu” Dukaj Jacek, „Perfekcyjna niedoskonałość” Dukaj Jacek, „Xavras Wyżryn i inne fikcje” Dybciak Krzysztof, „Elementarz Jana Pawła II część II” Joanna Dąbrowska, Rights Manager [email protected] tel. +48 12 422 96 32, fax +48 12 422 54 23 2 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. Dyduch Grzegorz, Świetlicki Marcin, „Katecheci i frustraci” Dygat Stanisław, „Podróż” Dygat Stanisław, „Rozmyślania przy goleniu” Dygat-Dudzińska Magda, „Biedna pani Morris” Dygat-Dudzińska Magda, „Nieobecność” Dygat-Dudzińska Magda, „Rozstania” Elektorowicz Leszek, „Niektóre stronice. Wiersze wybrane” Ficowski Jerzy, „Pantareja” Ficowski Jerzy, „Zawczas z poniewczasem” Filipiak Izabela, „Alma” Galewicz Stanisław, „Sokrates i Kirke” Galewicz Stanisław, „Z Arystotelesem przez greckie tragedie” Garbicz Andrzej, „Kino-wehikuł magiczny” Garbicz Andrzej, „ Kino, wehikuł magiczny, t. V” Glensk Urszula, „Proza wyzwolonej generacji” Głowiński Michał, „Czarne sezony” Głowiński Michał, „Gombrowicz i nadliteratura” Głowiński Michał, „Historia jednej topoli” Głowiński Michał, „Magdalenka z razowego chleba” Głowiński Michał, „Przywidzenia i figury” Głowiński Michał, „Skrzydła i pięta” Gross Natan, „Kim pan jest, panie Grymek” Grupińska Anka, „Odczytanie listy. Opowieść o powstańcach żydowskich” Gutowski Gene, „Z próżni nieba ku religii życia” Harasymowicz Jerzy , „Późne lato” Herling-Grudziński Gustaw, „Przewodnik po sobie samym” Huberath Marek S., „Miasta pod Skałą” Huberath Marek S., „Balsam długiego pożegnania” Janowska Katarzyna, Bomba Jacek, „Rozmowy o seksualności” Jan Paweł II, „Autobiografia” Jarzębski Jerzy, „Monografia Stanisława Lema” Jasiński Roman, „Zmierzch starego świata. Wspomnienia 1900–1945” Jastrun Mieczysław, „Dzienniki” Karpiński Daniel, „Fikcja” Kępiński Antoni, all titles Kern Ludwik Jerzy, „Dyskretne podglądanie rodaków” Kern Ludwik Jerzy, „Ferdynand Wspaniały” Kern Ludwik Jerzy, „Imiona nadwiślańskie” Kern Ludwik Jerzy, „Zbudź się, Ferdynandzie” Klejnocki Jarosław, „Skarby dni ostatecznych” Kłoczowski Jan Andrzej, /Jan Strzałka, Artur Sporniak, „Boskie oko” Kłoczowski Jan Andrzej, „Wokół encyklik Jana Pawła II” Koehler Krzysztof, „Trzecia część” Korczak Jerzy, „Oswajanie strachu” Kornhauser Julian, „Księżyc jak mandarynka” Kornhauser Julian, „Poezja i codzienność” Kornhauser Julian, „Uśmiech Sfinksa” Joanna Dąbrowska, Rights Manager [email protected] tel. +48 12 422 96 32, fax +48 12 422 54 23 3 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100. 101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. 108. 109. 110. 111. 112. 113. 114. 115. 116. 117. 118. 119. 120. 121. 122. 123. 124. 125. 126. 127. 128. 129. 130. 131. 132. 133. 134. Kott Jan, „Szekspir współczesny” Kott Jan, „Szekspir współczesny 2” Kozioł Urszula, „Supliki” Kraskowska Ewa, „Siostry Bronte” Kruszyński Zbigniew, „Powrót Aleksandra” Kubica-Heller Grażyna, „Siostry Malinowskiego” Kwiatkowski Tadeusz, „Lunapark” Kydryński Lucjan, „Kroniki rodzinne” Legutko Piotr (ed.), „Rozmowy o dorastaniu” Legutko Piotr (ed.), Rodziewicz Dobrosław, „Mity czwartej władzy” Ligęza Wojciech, „O poezji Wisławy Szymborskiej. Świat w stanie korekty” Lipska Ewa, „1999” Lipska Ewa, „Białe truskawki” Lipska Ewa, „Gdzie Indziej” Lipska Ewa, „Ja” Lipska Ewa, „Sklepy zoologiczne” Lipska Ewa, „Uwaga stopień” Lisowski Krzysztof, „Jan Vermeer van Delft: dziewczyna wysyłająca SMS-a” Lupa Krystian, „Utopia” Łopuszański Piotr, „Leśmianowie” Madej Bogdan, „Abonament” Madej Bogdan, „Maść na szczury” Madej Bogdan, „Piękne kalalie” Majewski Lech, „Metafizyka” Makowski Jarosław, „Dziesięć ważnych słów” Maleńczuk Maciej, „Chamstwo w państwie” Markiewicz Henryk, „Cytaty mądre i zabawne” Markiewicz Henryk, „Mój życiorys polonisty” Markiewicz Henryk, Romanowski Andrzej, „Skrzydlate słowa” Markowski Michał Paweł, „Anatomia ciekawości” Markowski Michał Paweł, „Czarny nurt. Gombrowicz, świat, literatura” Matkowska-Święs Beata, „Krakowskie gadanie” Matywiecki Piotr, „Ta chmura powraca” Masłoń Krzysztof, „Lekcja historii najnowszej” Michałowska Danuta, „Pamięć nie zawsze święta. Wspomnienia” Mikołajewski Jarosław, „Herbatka u wielbłąda” Mikołajewski Jarosław, „Męski zmysł” Mikrut Grzegorz, Wiktor Krzysztof, „Sekty za zamkniętymi drzwiami” Moczulski Leszek Aleksander,, „Jej nigdy za późno” Musiał Stanisław, „12 koszy ułomków” Musiał Stanisław, „Czarne jest czarne” Nasiłowska Anna, „Czteroletnia filozofka” Nasiłowska Anna, „Jean Paul Sartre i Simone de Beauvoir” Nowak Katarzyna, „Moja mama, Dorota Terakowska” Nowak Katarzyna, „Kobieta w wynajętych pokojach” (working title) Nyczek Tadeusz, „Kos. O poezji Zagajewskiego” Orbitowski Łukasz, Tracę ciepło” Joanna Dąbrowska, Rights Manager [email protected] tel. +48 12 422 96 32, fax +48 12 422 54 23 4 135. 136. 137. 138. 139. 140. 141. 142. 143. 144. 145. 146. 147. 148. 149. 150. 151. 152. 153. 154. 155. 156. 157. 158. 159. 160. 161. 162. 163. 164. 165. 166. 167. 168. 169. 170. 171. 172. 173. 174. 175. 176. 177. 178. 179. 180. 181. Odija Daniel, (new book) Orłoś Kazimierz, „Dom na głowie matki” Orwid Maria, Zimmerer Katarzyna, , Szwajca Krzysztof, „Przeżyć... i co dalej?” Paczkowski Andrzej, „Droga do mniejszego zła” Pawluśkiewicz Jan Kanty, „Jana Kantego życie – Anawa” Peiper Tadeusz, „Wśród ludzi na scenach” Pierzchalska Małgorzata, „Zagadka Słomczyńskiego” Pilch Jerzy, „Bezpowrotnie utracona leworęczność” Pilch Jerzy, „Pod Mocnym Aniołem” Pilch Jerzy, „Rozpacz z powodu utraty furmanki” Pilch Jerzy, „Spis cudzołożnic” Pilch Jerzy, „Tezy o głupocie, piciu i umieraniu” Pilch Jerzy, „Tysiąc spokojnych miast” Pilch Jerzy, „Upadek człowieka pod Dworcem Centralnym” Pilch Jerzy, „Wyznania twórcy pokątnej literatury erotycznej” Podraza-Kwiatkowska Maria, „Wolność i transcendencja” Pokaz prozy Porębski Mieczysław, „Krytycy i sztuka” Porębski Mieczysław, „Nowosielski” Porębski Mieczysław, „Polskość jako sytuacja” Porębski Mieczysław „Wakacje Sinobrodego” Purchla Jacek, „Przewodnik po architekturze Krakowa” Rogowski Sławomir, „Zima stulecia” Rolicz-Lieder Wacław, „Wybór poezji” Romanowski Witold, „Ukraina” Ronikier Joanna, „Pamiętniki” Ronikier Joanna, „Piotr” Różewicz Tadeusz, „Duszyczka” Ryn Zbigniew, „Medycyna indiańska” Sadaj Ryszard, „Terapia Pauliny T.” Sapieżyna Matylda, „My i nasze Siedliska” Siennicki , Rymanowski Piotr, „Towarzystwo Lwa Rywina” Sobolewska Anna, „Maski pana Boga” Sosnowski Jerzy, „Tak to ten” Stala Marian, „Przeszukiwanie czasu” Staniszkis Jadwiga, „Esej o władzy i bezsilności” Stawiarska Agnieszka, „Przedwojenny Gombrowicz” Stefko Jolanta, „Ja nikogo nie lubię ...” Stefko Jolanta, Dobrze, że jesteś Stephan Halina, „Życie w przekładzie” Strzałka Jan, „Zwariowani przyjaciele” Strzałka Jan, Sporniak Artur, „Autobiografia — rozmowy z ojcem Badenim” Szczawiński Wojciech, „Myśli przy końcu drogi” Szczepański Jan Józef, „Przed Nieznanym Trybunałem” Szczepański Jan Józef, „Rozłogi” Szczepkowska Joanna, „Fragmenty z życia lustra” Sczepkowska Joanna, „Sześć minut przed czasem” Joanna Dąbrowska, Rights Manager [email protected] tel. +48 12 422 96 32, fax +48 12 422 54 23 5 182. 183. 184. 185. 186. 187. 188. 189. 190. 191. 192. 193. 194. 195. 196. 197. 198. 199. 200. 201. 202. 203. 204. 205. 206. 207. 208. 209. 210. 211. 212. 213. 214. 215. 216. 217. 218. Szczepkowska Joanna, „Goła baba” Szewc Piotr, „Całkiem prywatnie” Szewc Piotr, „Bociany nad powiatem” Szewc Piotr „Zmierzchy i poranki” Szlosarek Artur, „Wiersze powtórzone” Sztaudynger Jan, „Piórka” Sztaudynger Jan, „Puch ostu” Szymańska Adrianna, „In terra” Szymańska Beata, „Słodkich snów Europo” Szymborska Wisława, „Lektury nadobowiązkowe” Świda-Ziemba Hanna, „Młodzi w nowym świecie” Świda-Ziemba Hanna, „Urwany lot” Trakowska Dorota, all titles Terlecki Ryszard, „Profesorzy UJ w aktach SB” Terlecki Ryszard, „Historia służb specjalnych PRL” Tokarczuk Olga, „Lalka i perła” Tomaszewska Anna, „Wiersze do czytania” Tomaszewski Mieczysław, „F. Chopin i George Sand” Twardowski Jan, “Ludzkie sprawy” Walas Teresa, „Zrozumieć swój czas” Wencel Wojciech , „Ziemia Święta” Winklowa Barbara, „Wanda i Narcyza” Wiśniewski Janusz L. „Intymna teoria względności” Wiśniewski Janusz L., „Molekuły emocji” Woleński Jan, „Granice niewiary” Woydyłło Ewa, „Wybaczyć sobie. Poradnik dla zmartwionych rodziców” Wyka Marta, „Autobiografia” Wyka Marta, „Wśród poetów” Wsocki Radek, „Human Tuman” Zając Andrzej, „Elementarz św. Franciszka” Zaleski Marek, „Zamiast. O twórczości Czesława Miłosza” Zechenter-Spławińska Elżbieta, „Pod gwiaździstym niebem” Zettinger Piotr, „Nietutejszy” Ziemny Aleksander, „Późne sonety” Zimmerer Katarzyna, „Zamordowany świat. Losy Żydów w Krakowie 1939–1945” Życiński Józef, „Elementarz” Życiński Józef, „Wiara wątpiących” Joanna Dąbrowska, Rights Manager [email protected] tel. +48 12 422 96 32, fax +48 12 422 54 23 6 FEATURED TITLES FICTION Prose On Display (p. 9) Janusz Anderman — The Whole Time (p. 10) Jacek Dukaj — Ice (p. 12) Marek S.Hubertah — The Balm of a Long Farewell (p. 14) Zbigniew Kruszyński — The Return of Alexander (p. 15) Jerzy Sosnowski — That is the One (p. 17) Janusz Leon Wiśniewski — Intimate Relativity Theory (p. 18) NON-FICTION Maria Orwid — Survive … And Then What. Conversations between Katarzyna Zimmerer and Krzysztof Szwajca (p. 19) Jadwiga Staniszkis — Essays on Power and Hopelessness (p. 21) Joanna Dąbrowska, Rights Manager [email protected] tel. +48 12 422 96 32, fax +48 12 422 54 23 7 BACKLIST TITLES FICTION Janusz Anderman — Photographs (p. 22) Jacek Dukaj — The Cathedral (p. 23) Jacek Dukaj — Perfect Imperfection (p. 24) Jacek Dukaj — Xavras Wy Wyżryn (p. 25) Jacek Dukaj — Extensa (p. 26) Jacek Dukaj — Other Songs (p. 27) Marek S. Huberth — The Cities Under the Rock (p. 29) Robert Ostaszewski — The Life of a Celebrity and Other Tales from the Land of Consumers (p. 30) Jerzy Pilch — At the Sign of the Mighty Angel (p. 31) Piotr Szewc — The Storks over the Poviat (p. 33) Dorota Terakowska — The Witches’ Daughter (p. 34) Dorota Terakowska — Chrysalis (p. 35) Dorota Terakowska — Ono (p. 36) CHILDREN’S FICTION Ludwik Jerzy Kern — Ferdinand the Magnificent (p. 37) NON-FICTION John Paul II — An Autobiography (p. 38) John Paul II — New Primer of John Paul II for the Third Millenium (p. 39) Antoni Kępiński — Auschwitz Reflections (p. 40) Michał P. Markowski — The Black Current. Gombrowicz, the World, and Fiction (p. 42) Katarzyna T. Nowak — My Mum the Witch. A Story of Dororta Terakowska (p. 43) Jerzy Sosnowski — Oh! (p. 32) POETRY Ewa Lipska — Mind the Step (p. 44) Jolanta Stefko — It’s good you are (p. 45) Joanna Dąbrowska, Rights Manager [email protected] tel. +48 12 422 96 32, fax +48 12 422 54 23 8 Prose on Display (Pokaz prozy) Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie 2006 400 pp. ISBN 83-08-03899-9 © Wydawnictwo Literackie * An anthology of contemporary Polish short stories Prose on Display is composed of short stories which present Polish reality from the times of Martial Law to the present day. The selected works introduce questions most asked during that „impoverished time” of the People’s Republic — questions concerning history, customs, politics and psychology. This anthology is thus a sort of postcard from the world of social realism — a reality that is happily fading into the past. It is also a voice joining the current discussion about what is important, representative, and has a chance to survive the test of time. And also a letter sent to future generations. This is how Poland was writing and what issues were written about as the country struggled for independence and underwent transformations at the turn of the 20th/21st centuries. The authors of the stories are the finest and most renowned Polish prose-writers of the older and middle generation, as well as writers known in other spheres of public life, but not always as prose-writers: Stanisław Barańczak, Stefan Chwin, Paweł Huelle, Włodzimierz Kowalewski, Antoni Libera, Bronisław Maj, Zbigniew Mentzel, Jerzy Pilch, Eustachy Rylski, Olga Tokarczuk, Janusz Weiss, and Adam Zagajewski. All of them have seen spectacular success. They have won numerous prestigious awards and acclaim, their works have been translated into many languages, they have become the „calling cards” of Polish literature. furthermore, they are strong personalities — artists who are generally not limited to a single discipline or form of literature. Their interests and projects nearly always cover other fields (academic forums, film, theatre, cabaret, or even the stock exchange). Joanna Dąbrowska, Rights Manager [email protected] tel. +48 12 422 96 32, fax +48 12 422 54 23 9 Janusz Anderman The Whole Time (Cały czas) Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie 2006 312 pp. ISBN 83-08-03841-7 © Janusz Anderman & Wydawnictwo Literackie JIf we have up till now been under the impression that post-war socialist Poland was mainly an era of dissidents, it’s high time we met A.Z. He hasn’t got much time left, because the car he’s found himself in is speeding towards a head-on collision with a rig. The inevitable will take place in a matter of seconds, yet this is sufficient for A.Z.’s whole life to flash before his eyes. His whole life spent in the People’s Republic of Poland. Who was he? Above all he was a swindler, a conformist coward and a wise guy. A mythomaniac. He swindled everybody. He swindled himself. He spent the whole time swindling. He was one of those people who knew how to find his feet in the socialist reality — scheming, dealing and faking. But who was A.Z. pretending to be? A writer. An artist harassed by the secret police. An oppositionist. A.Z. stops at nothing to get what he wants, to create his own myth and somehow survive the web of lies and foul tricks orchestrated by others. He studies Polish Literature to avoid serving in the army. He only sleeps with influential women whom he will be able to take advantage of. He signs his name on books of which he hasn’t written a single line. Can he be seen through? The Whole Time presents a caricature portrait of the Polish reality from the seventies to the present day. It is the first contemporary novel about the generation now in their fifties, whose protagonist is a universal portrait of baseness gone unpunished, embodying the multitudes of existing figures in each of our real lives. It is a new, cynical incarnation of Nikodem Dyzma and Citizen Piszczyk. It is both a tale of a large chunk of Polish history, and of our modern day, which we can see from a different perspective after reading Anderman’s book. This is a bitter and penetrating book, one that is uncommonly true both psychologically and sociologically. (...) To write such a book in our times of patriotic mythologization is to drive a stick into a hornet’s ’’s nest. Andrzej Rostockim, Dziennik Łódzki [Anderman] has written a book that is predacious, witty and wise — put simply, it is outstanding. (...) The Whole Time is a painful and venomous reckoning with the Polish reality of the past thirty years. The lack of compromise, strength and breadth of the problems presented in this novel are simply unheard of, on a par with Tadeusz Konwicki’s A Minor Apocalypse — because this new novel of Anderman’s, ’’s, I will not hesitate to add, is a work of the same calibre. Dariusz Nowacki, Gazeta Wyborcza Joanna Dąbrowska, Rights Manager [email protected] tel. +48 12 422 96 32, fax +48 12 422 54 23 10 Janusz Anderman (born 1949) is a prose-writer, script-writer, translator, and uncompromising editorialist for the newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza; author of the novel Playing for Time, and collections of short stories (Poland under Black Light, A Country of the World), the widely commented-on Photography, film scripts, and radio plays. He is also a director, and the recipient of many awards, including one from the Kościelski Foundation. He is a cult author of his generation, participated in many underground literary life at the peak of communism, and was know for his refusal to compromise. Anderman was not a great believer in the internal transformation of the society following Poland’s gaining of independence. The illness of the soul caused by totalitarianism has turned out to be an ailment that is difficult to uproot — and he has been able to locate its residues in the lives of today’s Poles like few others have done. His books have been translated into English, German and French. Rights sold: France Joanna Dąbrowska, Rights Manager [email protected] tel. +48 12 422 96 32, fax +48 12 422 54 23 11 Jacek Dukaj Ice (Lód) • The latest novel from Poland’s most outstanding fantasy writer The action in Jacek Dukaj’s latest novel takes place in an alternate reality, where World War I never broke out. It is the year 1924, and the Kingdom of Poland is frozen under the power of the tsar and in the Belle Epoque. Warsaw is ice-bound — a snowstorm is covering the roads in the middle of summer. Lute, an otherworldly Frost angel, is strolling through the streets of the cities, freezing up what is true and false... Who stands between revolution and anarchy, a self-ruling tsardom, the Kingdom of God on Earth and a free Republic? Piłsudski and Rasputin, Tesla, Tarski and Kotarbiński — Benedykt Gierosławski, a man who has gone missing — lies are truer than the truth. This is a tale of History, in other words, that which no longer exists. This is another masterpiece by Jacek Dukaj, which not only takes readers to a fascinating, blood-curdling „other possible” history of the world, it also brings them on an extraordinary ride on the Trans-Siberian Express, and face to face with Siberian capitalists who are exploiting nonexistent resources. Jacek Dukaj proves once again that the last word has yet to be said in fantasy. I feel almost asphyxiated. This is literature on a massive scale. Dariusz Cichocki Jacek Dukaj’s novels, amalgams of science fiction, fantasy, philosophy, physics and theology, defy easy categorization, to a great extent owing to their sweeping storylines, in which one of the main protagonists is always the Unknown. (...) The author constructs his various worlds as meticulously as a demiurge, but in a unique way — with every book the dimensions increase, perhaps in proportion to the author’s ambitions. Michał Olszewski, „Gazeta Wyborcza” Dukaj’s writerly impulse is to describe what a healthy mind would not be capable of describing. Wojciech Orliński, „Gazeta Wyborcza” Jacek Dukaj (born 30 July, 1974 in Tarnów) is considered to be among Poland’s most dazzling writers of fantasy. He made a stunning debut at the age of sixteen with his short story The Golden Galley. Since then, each new work from his pen has caused a real stir, and not just among fantasy lovers. There is wide admiration for his imagination, ingenuity and Joanna Dąbrowska, Rights Manager [email protected] tel. +48 12 422 96 32, fax +48 12 422 54 23 12 ability to create entire worlds. He has been twelve times nominated for the Janusz A. Zajdel award, which he won in the year 2000 for his short story The Cathedral, in 2001 for his novel Black Oceans, in 2003 for his novel Other Songs, and in 2004 for the novel Perfect Imperfection. He has twice received the Sfinks magazine award (1998, 2000), as well as the Silver Globe award (1998). He has been nominated three ties for the Polityka magazine „Passport.” Tomasz Bagiński has made an animated film based on the short story The Cathedral, which was nominated for an Oscar in 2003. Bagiński is currently preparing to make another film based on a Dukaj story — The General’s ’’s Move. Dukaj’s short stories have been translated into English, German, Russian, Czech and Hungarian. Joanna Dąbrowska, Rights Manager [email protected] tel. +48 12 422 96 32, fax +48 12 422 54 23 13 Marek S. Huberath The Balm of a Long Farewell (Balsam długiego pożegnania) Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie 2006 516 pp. ISBN 83-08-03911-1 © Author & Wydawnictwo Literackie • A selection of the best award-winning short stories by this outstanding author of Polish fantasy, as well as new, never-before-published pieces The Balm of a Long Farewell is the title of one of Huberath’s latest stories, part of this volume of his most outstanding short prose texts. It is impossible to be lukewarm about Huberath’s work: his imagination, his gripping and unique talent for the creation of worlds which seem simultaneously grotesque and post-apocalyptic (like in the short story entitled „— You Came Baaack Snegg, I Knewww It…”), depressing and frighteningly realistic (The Last Ones to Leave Paradise), or full of charm and unusual melancholy (The Balm of a Long Farewell). Huberath manages to grasp like few other writers — even those belonging to the „mainstream” — what is most often left unnoticed and incomprehensible: the essence of humanity. The author himself states that he writes fantasy because it allows him to speak of human problems, weaknesses, about intolerance, envy and short-sightedness, as well as the quandaries of every thinking person: Where did we come from? Who is God? Why does evil exist in this world? These novels manage to engage the reader both emotionally and intellectually. This author’s books can be bought on spec, you can always be sure that they will be excellent (...) There is no need to recommend Huberath, he’s in a class all by himself. Doga Gorczyńska, zalogag.pl Marek S. Huberath (born 1954) made his debut as a fantasy writer in 1987 with the story „— You Came Baaack Snegg, I Knewww It...”, which won the Fantastyka magazine competition. He has written novels (The Nest of Worlds, A Second Likeness in Alabaster, The Last Ones to Leave Paradise, The Cities under the Rock), as well as short stories. He has won numerous awards, including the Zajdel and the Śląkfa. Huberath rarely publishes, but each new work evokes strong emotions from readers and critics alike. He has won the prestigious Janusz Zajdel Award three times. He lives and works as a physicist in Kraków, and researches biological systems at the Jagiellonian University. He adores lousy horror films and insects. His works have been translated into English, Russian and Czech. Joanna Dąbrowska, Rights Manager [email protected] tel. +48 12 422 96 32, fax +48 12 422 54 23 14 Zbigniew Kruszyński The Return of Aleksander (Powrót Aleksandra) Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie 2006 202 pp. ISBN 83-08-03830-1 © Wydawnictwo Literackie A collection of the latest stories by one of the most highly rated Polish prose writers of the middle generation. These are tales of „end of the century castaways,” people who are trying to find their place in the new Poland and Europe, tales of return from many years’ emigration. They are stories that tackle extremely important themes for today’s world: the lack of interpersonal communication, the ever-increasing immersion in virtual realities, the loneliness of a person in a crowd of other people. Kruszyński find a different method for describing the events in each of these works — whether they are about the effects of chat-lines, prostitution, or the consequences of being a census-taker — he finds „new” languages that are both unconventional and very readable, always keeping the reader on his toes and questioning what he is accustomed to or expecting. Kruszyński is quite simply a master of style and imagination. The Return of Aleksander is a brilliant return for Zbigniew Kruszyński. I have been patiently waiting for a new book from this writer since the end of the 90’s. Robert Ostaszewski, „Gazeta Wyborcza” This writer builds his narratives as precisely as a surgeon, as rhythmically as a poet, he is sensitive like none other to the qualities of language — and he is also one of the most difficult and most attentive of our realists. Przemysław Czapliński, one of Poland’s most outstanding literary critics This is very fine, succulent literature — though it does not bring the reader comfort. Jarosław Klejnocki, „Polityka” This book was worth waiting six years for. Cezary Polak, „Ozon” This is a book for the demanding reader, it reveals what people normally keep hidden. This author’s name guarantees a high-quality read. „Dziennik Bałtycki” Zbigniew Kruszyński (born 1957) has received many awards and a great deal of recognition from readers and critics. He studied Polish literature and romance languages in Wrocław and Lucerne. He was an underground activist for „Solidarity,” spending two years in prison for his Joanna Dąbrowska, Rights Manager [email protected] tel. +48 12 422 96 32, fax +48 12 422 54 23 15 political views. In 1984 he left for Sweden, where he settled down. He lectures at the universities in Uppsala and Stockholm. His debut came in 1995 with the novel Schwedenkräuter, which brought him the „bruLion” and Culture Foundation awards. His Historical Sketches published one year later were nominated for the Nike Literary Award and the Łódz Literary Prize. Zbigniew Kruszyński has also won the Bonnierspriset and Radom Cultural Awards. His collection of short stories entitled On Lands and Seas came out in 1999, winning the Raczyński Library and PTWK Literature Competition and being nominated for the Nike Literary Award for the year 2000. Kruszyński’s books condense the Polish experiences of the most recent decades: the drama of Martial Law, the shadow of emigration, and the psychological and moral consequences of Polish „wild” capitalism. It is important to note that the author has a lively sense of irony and paradoxical humour, which is written into his „serious” and always brilliantly told stories. Joanna Dąbrowska, Rights Manager [email protected] tel. +48 12 422 96 32, fax +48 12 422 54 23 16 Jerzy Sosnowski That’s the One (Tak to ten) Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie 2006 424 pp. ISBN 83-08-03910-3 © Jerzy Sosnowski & Wydawnictwo Literackie * The latest novel by the outstanding prose-writer and essayist Jerzy Sosnowski’s latest book is a brilliantly constructed and charming novel whose engaging storyline combines thriller, fantasy and romance conventions. Grzegorz, a radio presenter in Kołobrzeg, comes up with the idea of starting a new programme called Nighttime Talks, which goes on from midnight till dawn. During this time anyone can call up and share their thoughts with the other listeners. People do indeed start to phone up — and with incredible tales to tell, with unusual problems. Among them is the owner of a sex shop whose life hasn’t worked out, there’s a mysterious old man, two women with psychic powers... The paranormal slowly becomes reality, because the host starts to have aural hallucinations and delusions — a sentence accidentally overheard in mysterious circumstances starts off a thrilling subplot that reaches back to World War II and the experiments carried out by the Nazis on little girls... That’s ’’s the One is impressive from a language perspective, but also as a panorama of the Polish social situation of the last few years. This is a journey into the Polish sub-consciousness. It is a book written with a fervour reminiscent of Bulgakov’s Master and Margerita. Jerzy Sosnowski (born 1962 ) is a writer, reporter and essayist. Educated in Polish Literature, he has held various jobs over the years: an academic at the Warsaw University, high school teacher, journalist for Gazeta Wyborcza, literary critic and television journalist. His currently works as a radio journalist, lecturer at the Social Psychology Academy and author of books. He lives in Warsaw. His published books include The Aglai llai Apocrypha (2001), some short stories collected in The Cube (2001; Kościelski Foundation Award) and Night Line (2002), and a novel called Bay Current (2003; it won an award at the Poznań “Fall Book 2003” New Publishing Review). His books have been translated into a few languages: Serbain, Russian, Hungarian and German. As Taurus is his star sign he was born with a violent nature, which he’s been working on correcting for years. He likes early spring and whiskey. Joanna Dąbrowska, Rights Manager [email protected] tel. +48 12 422 96 32, fax +48 12 422 54 23 17 Janusz Leon Wiśniewski Intimate Relativity Theory (Intymna Teoria Względności) Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie 2005 124 pp. ISBN 83-08-03738-0 © Janusz L. Wiśniewski & Wydawnictwo Literackie • one of the most popular Polish authors • his every book becomes a best-seller • he appeals to readers of all ages, from teenagers to the elderly A collection of short stories about the most private secrets of the human soul which reveals startling interdependencies between biology and psychology, chemistry and emotion. What’s the role of nitrogen oxide in a successful marriage? What’s the cause of a sense of lightness that overcomes you after you have been to confession for the first time in your life? How may love affect the level of T4 lymphocyte? Intymna teoria względności ści is also a real life inspired ści tale of different kinds of love and death, of hope and despair. It depicts the portraits of unfulfilled lovers, helpless parents, unwanted children, single fathers. Their dramas never change despite all the scientific and technological advancement of the world. These very subtle and beautiful stories give the reader a chance to see the romance in chemistry, genetics, and medicine. Conversely, the language of science here speaks of love, death and the frustrations of the bedroom. This apparently explosive mixture produces in effect most engrossing, moving and thoughtprovoking stories. Dziennik Zachodni Janusz L. Wiśniewski (b. 1954) 3 a writer and a deep-sea fisherman; holds a PhD in computer science and a postdoctoral degree in chemistry (he developed a computer program used by most pharmaceutical companies all over the world), a lecturer at the Pomeranian Teaching Training College in Slupsk. And a true gentleman on top of that. Wiśniewski is the author of the bestselling Zespoły łły napięć (The Voltage Modules, 2002) Samotność w sieci. Tryptyk (Loneliness in the Net. A Triptych, 2003), Los powtórzony rzony (Destiny Repeated, 2004). He lives in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and has two daughters. Joanna Dąbrowska, Rights Manager [email protected] tel. +48 12 422 96 32, fax +48 12 422 54 23 18 Maria Orwid Survive… And Then What? Conversations between Katarzyna Zimmer and Krzysztof Szwajca (Przeżyć... I co dalej?) Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie 2006 348 pp. ISBN 83-08-03834-4 © Wydawnictwo Literackie This moving book records conversations about the past and the present, conversations about important, difficult, painful and intimate subjects. Maria Orwid, a witness to the Holocaust and a renowned Cracovian psychiatrist who did a great deal of pioneering work on the psychological effects of concentration camp experiences, talks about her life, her childhood that was interrupted by the war, and her escape from the ghetto. She describes the post-war years of the Cracovian Psychiatry Department, and her friendly ties in Kraków’s cultural circles. She tells of her relationship to anti-Semitism and her reasons for choosing the occupation of psychiatrist. She shares her profound knowledge of people and their psychological problems with the reader. Survive... And Then What? sometimes turns into a realist novel of manners, full of humour (...), spot-on observations and vividly-drawn (...) figures. Orwid, a clothing fanatic, paints her details as meticulously as any 19th-century realist. Dances, costumes, romances and the Piwnica pod Baranami. But apart from these descriptions of post-Holocaust depression there is wise and profound humanist psychiatry of the highest order. This psychiatry is the other element of Survive... And Then What? Kazimiera Szczuka, „Gazeta Wyborcza” An atypical picture of post-war Kraków and life in the People’s Republic emerges from these conversations with Maria Orwid, full of fascinating details. This is a picture of the world in which colorful enclaves stood out against the coarse, grey reality; in which fashionable dress, cafe society and dancing till dawn, but also Sartre, Camus, Faulkner and Hemingway, and art openings and the theatre (…) gave people a feeling of internal freedom. Lektor, „Tygodnik Powszechny” Antoni Kępiński did for Polish psychiatry what Copernicus did for the Solar System — he is a research pioneer and the author of some primary texts. Maria Orwid (…) was his student. She is immodest and eccentric. (…) Her biography, written in the form of confessions, says more about her and her mentor than all the books of the history of Polish psychiatry put together. Michał Wójcik, „Przekrój” This is a great interview with a strong woman. Not for a second have I ever seen a glimmer of this kind of strength in my own self. Stanisław Mancewicz, „Gazeta Wyborcza” Maria Orwid is a psychiatrist, family therapist, and co-author of pioneering works on the psychological effects of wartime concentration camp experiences. She is also a „Child of the Holocaust.” She has initiated specialist research on psychological problems of young people, and founded the first „youth clinic” in Poland. Joanna Dąbrowska, Rights Manager [email protected] tel. +48 12 422 96 32, fax +48 12 422 54 23 19 Krzysztof Szwajca is a psychiatrist, family therapist, and assistant at the Children’s Psychiatric Clinic and Department of Youth Psychiatry at the Jagiellonian University’s Collegium Medicum. He also deals with transcultural and environmental psychiatry, and is a member of the therapeutic team for the Children of the Holocaust. Katarzyna Zimmerer is a journalist, writer, translator, and the author of a book entitled The Murdered World. The Fate of the Cracovian Jews in the Years 1939–1945 — a chronicle of the Kraków ghetto. Joanna Dąbrowska, Rights Manager [email protected] tel. +48 12 422 96 32, fax +48 12 422 54 23 20 Jadwiga Staniszkis Essays on Power and Hopelessness (O władzy i bezsilności) Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie 2006 257 pp. ISBN 83-08-0388-3 © Jadwiga Staniszkis & Wydawnictwo Literackie A new book by an outstanding intellectual, devoted to the issues of power and freedom in contemporary Europe and the world. Hopelessness as the limit of human freedom, culture as human capacity for self-manipulation, polemics with liberalism, the issue of an individual’s power over others and the power of the system over the individual himself — these are only a few of the problems discussed by the author. Jadwiga Staniszkis — a sociology professor affiliated to Warsaw University and the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences. She is called „a cult sociologist”, her statements are unusually influential, and for many she is a great authority. Staniszkis is one of the most popular but also one of the most controversial commentators of political and social life. She has published, among other things, Zwierzę niepolityczne (Nonpolitical Animal), Postkomunizm (Post-communism), ), Próba opisu ((An Attempt at Description). A considerable number of her books and articles have been translated into foreign languages. She was awarded a scholarship by the Polish Science Foundation in 2004. Joanna Dąbrowska, Rights Manager [email protected] tel. +48 12 422 96 32, fax +48 12 422 54 23 21 Janusz Anderman Photographs (Fotografie) Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie 2002 296 pp. ISBN 83-08-03226-5 © Janusz Anderman & Wydawnictwo Literackie It would be hard to list all the people and places featured in Photographs. Often mysterious images on photographic paper provide the impulse for journeys into the private or non-private past, summoning up scores of names, settings and moments. Janusz Anderman (b. 1949), a fine middle-generation prosaist, script writer and translator of Czech literature, takes a look at well-known figures on the Polish cultural scene writers, directors, actors and opposition activists from the angle not of their accomplishments but rather of their biographies: dramatic affairs, personal foibles, social events of various calibres and anecdotes. The result is an irresistibly absorbing book. On the one hand it reads like a contemporary version of a collection of old Polish tales, with all the vibrancy of the latter, full of colourful memories, faithfully reproducing the detail of reality. On the other it is a unique outline of recent history, the like of which will never be found in any history book, conveyed not in the form of academic discourse but through the medium of personal experience seasoned with literary style. This book has the prospect of becoming for some a mirror reflecting their lives and fortunes and for other, younger readers a superb document recreating the atmosphere of recent decades. Perhaps, then, this concept of „literary photographs” in Anderman’s take is the most conscientious vehicle for conveying the unfalsified, non-touched-up truth about Poland and the Poles in the not so distant past. Joanna Dąbrowska, Rights Manager [email protected] tel. +48 12 422 96 32, fax +48 12 422 54 23 22 Jacek Dukaj The Cathedral (Katedra) Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie 2003 120 pp. ISBN 83-08-03381-4 © Tomek Bagiński & Jacek Dukaj & Wydawnictwo Literackie • The Janusz A. Zajdel Award for the best short story of the year, 2000. • Tomasz Baginski’s animated cartoon based on The Cathedral received an Oscar nomination. In this handsomely published book, lavishly illustrated with the best shots from Tomasz Baginski’s Oscar nominated film, together with Father Lavone we enter a mysterious Cathedral; dark, mystical and beautiful in its being so unlike any other human creation. What awaits us inside the Cathedral? We shudder to find out…. The Cathedral is at times reminiscent of Stanislaw Lem’s cosmic achievements, however it is better still and far more mystical. The story of Father Lavone, who visits the unique cathedral, a germ cultivated inside an intragalactic swarm of meteors of Izmaraidy, captivates with the beauty of an elaborate scientific theory, a skillfully plotted intrigue, and the epic depiction of outer space. Here you get plenty of techno-charm, a fascinating vision, a tantalizing narrative. You just want to read it. Grzegorz Wiśniewski, Esensja It took fifteen months scattered over a three-year period to make a six-minute-long film, which had become a legend for SciFi fans even before it was finished. This is cosmic space full of mystery and mysticism. Natalia Budzyńska, Przewodnik katolicki Jacek Dukaj (b. 1974 in Tarnow) is considered one of the most brilliant Polish SciFi writers. He made a bravado debut at the age of sixteen with his short story Zł Z ota Galera (The Golden Galley). Since then, each of his subsequent books has been a literary event, and not only for SciFi fans. Here is amazing imagination and resourcefulness in full swing: bringing entire worlds to life. Jacek Dukaj became known to a wider public in 2002 as the author of the short story Katedra (The Cathedral), on which Tomasz Bagiński based his Oscar nominated film. Jacek Dukaj is the author of novels and short stories that have been repeatedly nominated for the most prestigious awards for Science Fiction literature (including the Janusz A. Zajdel Award, Nautilus, Srebrny Glob, SFinks, Śląkfa, Machiner ). He has been short-listed three times for the Passport of Polityka, which is awarded in recognition of remarkable achievements in literature, culture, politics, and art. Jacek Dukaj is also a well-known essayist. He is considered by many a worthy successor to Stanisław Lem. Joanna Dąbrowska, Rights Manager [email protected] tel. +48 12 422 96 32, fax +48 12 422 54 23 23 Jacek Dukaj Perfect Imperfection (Perfekcyjna Niedoskonałość) Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie 2004 450 pp. ISBN 83-08-03647-3 © Jacek Dukaj & Wydawnictwo Literackie • The Janusz A. Zajdel Award for the best novel in 2004. In an inexplicable way, Adam Zamojski was resurrected from dead and transported into the future. From his familiar 21st century he moves to the 29th century where everything, but everything is completely different: physics, systems of authority, the hierarchy of values. Humankind has gone through a breathtaking evolution. Now people are superhumans who may even take the form of pure information. How is he to understand a world which is so alien? Zamojski will have to adapt pretty fast and also try to regain his lost memory, the more so as he is just getting entangled in a very intricate intrigue. There are few who want to help him and many who wish to take advantage of him. Why are they all so interested in the stranger from the past? May he be the answer to some of the riddles the universe holds? This is absolutely mind-boggling fiction of great calibre. Dariusz Cichocki Like a demiurg, Dukaj brings new worlds to life. His worlds are civilisationally complete: there is an education system, family conventions, fashion, and even a language. But first of all Dukaj shows the consequences of genetic engineering for a human being – a new hierarchy of values and new sexual problems. Who knows? Perhaps it is a new cult novel. Przemysław Czapliński With his Perfekcyjna niedoskonałość Dukaj treats us to a hellish mixture of apparently incompatible ingredients: futuristic physics and Gombrowicz’s thought. The book is like a journey through a literary purgatory. Michał Olszewski, Gazeta Wyborcza Dukaj employs a trick Stanisław Lem used 40 years ago — the extraordinary world of the distant future is seen through the eyes of an earthling from the 21st century, who relies on familiar concepts to perceive the amazing reality that surrounds him. Perfekcyjna niedoskonałość is one of those books whose price could be twice as much. Wojciech Popek, Poltergeist Joanna Dąbrowska, Rights Manager [email protected] tel. +48 12 422 96 32, fax +48 12 422 54 23 24 Jacek Dukaj Xavras Wyżryn Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie 2004 276 pp. ISBN 83-08-03565-5 © Jacek Dukaj & Wydawnictwo Literackie • Shortlisted for the Janusz A. Zajdel Award for the best SF novel in 1997. Xavras Wy Wyżryn... is a collection of short stories which combine fiction and socially committed literature. Totally engrossing thanks to the author’s imagination and intelligence, they show how the fine line between war and terrorism, reason and belief, and individual and a nation, a hero and a monster is only to easy to get blurred. Reading Xavras… you become a witness to a nuclear raid on Moscow, an anti-Semitic rational experiment, and even a Pro-Monarchy Plot! What is most fascinating in Dukaj’s volume is, however, its ominous aspect. The book appeared in 1997 and already then we could read in it about what came true during the September 11th attacks. Xavwras read after the September 11th attacks strikes the chord of antipatriotism — showing its potential destructiveness regardless of our intentions. Wojciech Orliński, Gazeta Wyborcza Does a nation which fights for sovereignty have the right to use terrorism? Can you build independence at the cost of the loss of the thousands of civilian lives? (…) Dukaj focuses on the border points in which it is impossible to distinguish between good and evil. He turns our attention to the fact how dubious in our times is the question of responsibility for crimes and how each act of sacrifice for the sake of ideals is always accompanied by evil. The author of Inne Pieśni śni (Other Songs) again demonstrates his flair for weaving a plot and bringing new śni worlds to life. Robert Ostaszewski, Gazeta Wyborcza Joanna Dąbrowska, Rights Manager [email protected] tel. +48 12 422 96 32, fax +48 12 422 54 23 25 Jacek Dukaj Extensa Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie 2002 164 pp. ISBN 83-08-03286-9 © Jacek Dukaj & Wydawnictwo Literackie • Shortlisted for Janusz A. Zajdel Award for the best SF novel in 2002. Extensa tells of the World which exists at the border of everyday life and magic whose serenity is tinged with the fear of the unknown. In Green Land, the last foothold of the human kind, people breed horses and trade on the Fair, but also enter into the Alliance with a mysterious power which is both awe-inspiring and subjugating their free will. Only few chosen ones decide to take the first step towards the unknown to disclose the truth… The novel combines the power of modern fiction free from the genre conventions with the beauty of a mysterious saga full of implicit meaning. In Dukaj’s highly original novel scientific (technological) motifs are interwoven with the problems of the classical humanism. Extensa is also a tale of loyalty, sacrifice, and human desire to live for ever in many different worlds at the same time. Dariusz Nowacki Extensa can be read as a meditation on the human nature, technological advancement, and the values we want to protect. (…) This book is really worth reading and the name of the author remembering (…). As one critic put it, we shudder to think what Dukaj maight be writing when he is the age Lem wrote his Solaris or Powrót z gwiazd (The Return from Space). Daniel Kuropaś Joanna Dąbrowska, Rights Manager [email protected] tel. +48 12 422 96 32, fax +48 12 422 54 23 26 Jacek Dukaj Other Songs (Inne Pieśni) Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie 2003 632 pp. ISBN 83-08-03481-0 © Jacek Dukaj & Wydawnictwo Literackie • The Janusz A. Zajdel Award for the best novel in 2003. • The Nautilus Award for the best novel in 2003. • The book of the autumn 2003 at the Poznan Review of New Books. A fascinating and original novel, which has captivated the readers and startled numerous reviewers proving Jacek Dukaj’s position as one of the most gifted Polish contemporary writers. Hieronim Berbelek used to be a great military analyst. During the war, however, he was embraced by the enemy’s Form, which almost left him stripped of his identity and a will to live. He has a chance now to get closer to his long-neglected children, while on the journey to Africa — the land of golden cities and shapeless beasts, the core of the darkness, where monstrous wonders and terrifying beauty are born Inne pieśni may be read in many ways: as an adventure story, a fantasy, a science fiction story, or a philosophical treatise. In any case it is totally engrossing reading experience in which the author together with the reader search for the answer to the question whether it is possible to get to know what is different from us. Or perhaps the choice is: to impose our own form on the different one, or yield to it and let ourselves be transformed? Inne Pieśni is an true revelation. Paweł Dunin-Wąsowicz, Przekró Przekrój ój This is the most interesting and original Polish science fiction story in years. Marcin Droba, ŻŻycie Warszawy A Word which is constructed consistently and on a massive scale (...) An excellent novel! Kurier Poranny Inne Pieśni is Jacek Dukaj’s best novel so far. It proves false the thesis according to which science fiction has already exhausted its creative potential — all ideas have already been used and it’s impossible to come up with anything new. (…) What we’ve got here is a dreamy Alexandria and its libraries, a city floating over the Mediterranean, planes and spaceships, Moscow under the magician’s power, palaces, fortresses, and battle fields, and all of it described with a most suggestive language to leave a lasting impress on our imagination. Wojciech Orliński, Gazeta Wyborcza Joanna Dąbrowska, Rights Manager [email protected] tel. +48 12 422 96 32, fax +48 12 422 54 23 27 Inne pieśni seem to be the ultimate proof of Jacek Dukaj’s superiority over other authors, both Polish and foreign. There is no other writer able to create so imaginative fiction and in so epic dimensions. Aleksandra Klęczar, Dekada Literacka Inne piesni is a vivid, classy novel with a quick plot of many twists and turns and an abundance of moving scenes. Dukaj struck a balance, he wrote a work original in its entirety, which offers the joy of meaningful reading. (…) Inne pieśni is certainly a purebred thriller with strong political undertones, sharp and passionate. Eryk Ramiezowicz, Esensja Inne pieśni is both a fantasy novel(...), an honour paid to the 19th century adventure novel, full of African exotics, and a philosophical parable at the same time. Mariusz Czubaj, onet.pl Joanna Dąbrowska, Rights Manager [email protected] tel. +48 12 422 96 32, fax +48 12 422 54 23 28 Marek S. Huberath The Cities under the Rock (Miasta pod Skałą) Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie 2005 792 pp. ISBN 83-08-03704-6 © Marek S. Huberath & Wydawnictwo Literackie • The latest novel by one of the most important Polish SciFi writers. • Widely expected to be shortlisted for the Janusz A. Zajdel Award. A young professor of cultural studies discovers in the Vatican Wall the entrance to the labyrinth that leads him through the dungeons of the Holy City. In the underground recesses, he can see mysterious mosaics, gigantic statues of flies, mechanical scorpions; he talks with a statue of Venus, and has to withstand the attack of a unicorn. The novel is an amalgam of dream and reality. A completely different Rome is being explored underground: president Nero holds power, women are clad in rainbow saris and their bodies are ornamented with moving tattoos, a passer-by can be attacked by eye-pecking crows, wine is served in an infant’s skull, and raw meat falls from the sky. Professor Adams is soon able to discover the dream’s logic but also that he’s being followed… Miasta pod Skałą is a fascinating and thought-provoking novel. The myths and biblical apocrypha it recalls are blended with science, politics and the human striving to create a scenery which is reminiscent of Dante, Bosch, and Blake. Huberath’s characters are people who should have sunk into despair but they did not — despite the nightmares their lives have been turned into. Michael Kandel, an American writer and Polish literature researcher, the translator of Stanisław Lem. As distinguished from mass produced bestsellers, here we get a work of art. The reader runs amok through these 800 pages — and it’s been a long time since we last had a writer capable of merging a sensational plot with a convincing philosophical system. Paweł Dunin-Wąsowicz, Przekró Przekrój ój (…) all those ingredients of a good read should not obliterate the fact that Huberath occupies himself with serious matters: human nature, responsibility, and eschatology (…) Entertainment that is likely to continue for a few long evenings as the book is — and this is another of its assets — quite voluminous. Kinga Dunin, Ozon Knowing that he has written a book is enough to make you want to buy it. Huberath doesn’t need any recommendation — he is in a class of his own. Doga Gorczyńska, załogag.pl Miasta pod Skałą proves worth waiting so long for. An extraordinary journey into the world of dream, cruelty and breathtaking adventure. Agnieszka Połomska-Kleta, avatarae.pl Joanna Dąbrowska, Rights Manager [email protected] tel. +48 12 422 96 32, fax +48 12 422 54 23 29 Robert Ostaszewski The Life of a Celebrity and Other Tales from the Land of Consumers (Dola idola i inne bajki z raju konsumenta) Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie 2005 188 pp. ISBN 83-08-03724-0 © Wydawnictwo Literackie The Life of a Celebrity and Other Tales from the Land of Consumers (Dola idola i inne bajki z krainy konsumentów) contains five stories of contemporary Poland and Polish people who fall prey to big companies that wage a war for the customer. We get the story of a woman with PhD in history who makes her home in a shopping mall; the story of a mailman who believes he’s taking part in a reality show; the story of young people who think a game in the net may replace love; and the story of a cynical reporter who’s making a TV programme on the war in Iraq. The bottom line is: neither education nor sensitivity nor common sense can offer protection against the impact of mass media and advertising. Promotion hunters, pulp TV consumers, market economy enthusiasts — equally deluded as overambitious — these are the familiar characters that people Ostaszewski’s book. Dola Idola…, is Robert Ostaszewski’s latest collection of short stories about thoughtless consumerism wreaking havoc in our heads. Great, intricate and very modern. Jakub Beczek, Gazeta Wyborcza So far the hell of consumerism has been simply frightening, manipulation by the media most often something to be warned against, and loneliness in the net was supposed to move us to tears. The author of Dola idola… had his go at the same game from a different angle — laughing. It isn’t a cynical sneer, though. Underneath the laughter is despair. Dariusz Nowacki. Robert Ostaszewski (b.1972) — an editor of Dekada Literacka and FA-art, the author of over 200 articles published among other places in Gazeta Wyborcza, Tygodnik Powszechny, Res Publica Nowa, Nowe Ksi Książki ki, Odra, Tworczość, Teksty Drugie. His novel Troję pomścimy ś ścimy (For Troy, We Shall Get Our Revenge) came out in 2002 and Odwieczna (The Eternal), a collection of essays, in 2002. He received the Fryde Award (2001). He lives in Krakow. Joanna Dąbrowska, Rights Manager [email protected] tel. +48 12 422 96 32, fax +48 12 422 54 23 30 Jerzy Pilch At the Sign of the Mighty Angel (Pod Mocnym Aniołem) Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie 2000 140 pp. ISBN 83-08-03072-6 © Jerzy Pilch & Wydawnictwo Literackie 2001 NIKE PRIZE At the Sign of the Mighty Angel (Pod Mocnym Aniołem ł ) Jerzy Pilch’s best selling novel, łem published in 2000, is the prose writer’s ninth book. In (...) this book, Pilch tells us a story that had a fundamental, even LIFE AND DEATH effect on him himself, yet tells it with all his usual humour and lightness of touch. A must for all fans of Pilch and his writing. Jerzy Jarzębski Delightful words, descriptions bordering on the genius, the application of humour and lyricism in almost unbearable situations, a work about love and finality, addiction and hope, a private apocalypse and the rural town of Wisła, about the consequences of writing literature and of the truth it holds. Jerzy Pilch born 1952 in Wisła, is a Polish graduate from the Jagiellonian University in Kraków and one of the leading prose writers of his generation, as well as a writer of film scripts. His works have been translated into a number of other languages. His first book Wyznania twórcy pokątnej literatury erotycznej (Confessions of a Hole-andCorner Purveyor of Erotic Tales) (London, 1988), was awarded the Kościelski Foundation prize, while his novel Spis cudzołożnic (The List of Adulteresses) (1993) was adapted into a film, with a superb role for Jerzy Stuhr, which won best screenplay and dialogue at the Festival of Polish Fictional Films. For a number of years Pilch was the leading columnist for the weekly „Tygodnik Powszechny”, and he has also been awarded a Paszport „Polityki” [awarded for achievement in the field of culture by the weekly current affairs magazine „Polityka” — translator’s note]. Pilch is a double NIKE nominee, and in 1999 was one of the seven authors shortlisted for the NIKE prize for his bestseller Bezpowrotnie utracona lewor leworęczność (The Irreversible Loss of Left-handedness). In 2001 he was awarded the prestigious NIKE Prize for the novel. Rights sold: The Czech Republic, France, The Netherlands, Serbia, Spain, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia Joanna Dąbrowska, Rights Manager [email protected] tel. +48 12 422 96 32, fax +48 12 422 54 23 31 Jerzy Sosnowski Oh! (Ach) Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie 2005 243 pp. ISBN 83-08-03707-0 © Jerzy Sosnowski & Wydawnictwo Literackie In this fascinating collection of nine essays Jerzy Sosnowski tells of matters which are important but most intimate at the same time. Here are the author’s esthetic and moral dilemmas. The main character is someone who lives in Poland here and now, well aware of the reality around him. Having inherited the legacy of communism, he now has to confront it with present times. Sosnowski is at ease with critical issues of today: Ach contains an excellent essay on compassion, forgiveness, and penance; we read about differences between the two sexes, identity problems, dilemmas concerning the Catholic Church, mass culture…. Soon we discover that the power of the book comes from its universal character — stories told by Sosnowski are as much about Poland and Polish people as about the human condition in general. After all, each of us has his own struggle with his identity, the need for faith, the meaning of life. „No easy comforts,” Sosnowski declares in his Ach, a collection of essays. He shows the man who succeeds in finding his own way, and who proves life to be meaningful even though everyday routine becomes at times unbearable. Marta Dworak One of the assets of this finely-written book is a kind of old-fashioned elegance you won’t find in the works of other modern essayists. You can’t pass Sosnowski’s latest book by with indifference. Dariusz Nowacki, Gazeta Wyborcza If one wants to write essays, one should have a lot to say –and Jerzy Sosnowski does. What he also has have is a fine style and many doubts(…)This is a wise book. What’s more — it won’t suffice to flip through it, one needs to chew on it. It is definitely worth it. Dariusz Nowacki, Gazeta Wyborcza This is his most beautiful book so far. Justyna Sobolewska, Przekró Przekrój ój Joanna Dąbrowska, Rights Manager [email protected] tel. +48 12 422 96 32, fax +48 12 422 54 23 32 Piotr Szewc The Storks over the Poviat (Bociany nad powiatem) Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie 2000 110 pp. ISBN 83-08-03706-2 © Piotr Szewc & Wydawnictwo Literackie Bociany nad Powiatem shows life in a provincial town over the span of one summer day, before the breakout of World War II. The author describes people, objects, animals with a tinge of poetry. The characters — Regina Forem, the oat mill owner; Adam, the blacksmith; little Lolek and his grandma, who every day prays by the wayside at the feet of the Crucified Christ — work, go about their daily routines, walk, meet for their love rendezvous….We are invited to enter a provincial arcadia, to delight in its dreaminess, its lucid composure, its harmony and completeness . The author gives us a chance to stay, if only for a moment, in a world that has already sunk into oblivion… Szewc’s book in a truly Proustian manner passionately explores the tiniest pieces of reality, being a contemplation of shreds, fragments, and fleeting glimpses. A reading experience at its most delightful Dawid Nowacki, Gazeta Wyborcza Anyone who has ever read at least one book by Szewc (...) knows exactly what to expect. If you were spellbound by his other books, you are certain to devour this new one too, or rather take time to savour its delicious taste. David Nowacki, Gazeta Wyborcza With almost lover-like rapture, Szewc paints the portrait of a Polish-Jewish provincial town on the eve of the second world war. And the more beautiful this literary elegy on the old Polish town of Zamość, the more painful, or even horrifying, its juxtaposition with all the war devastation this region suffered. Robert Ostaszewski, Tygodnik Powszechny The world Szewc depicts is on its way to perdition, with all its beauty desperately trying to resist this fate. It is beauty that is the true hero of the novel. Beauty resurrected, iridescent with colours, full of subtle shades, fragrance and shapes. Beauty victorious over the evils of history and the inevitable workings of time. Nowe Państwo Joanna Dąbrowska, Rights Manager [email protected] tel. +48 12 422 96 32, fax +48 12 422 54 23 33 Dorota Terakowska The Witches’ Daughter (Córka czarownic) Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie 1998 192 pp. ISBN 83-08-02814-4 © Dorota Terakowska & Wydawnictwo Literackie This novel written in the fantasy convention refers to traditional European themes, with Celtic influences predominating. It is full of mystery and magic, and is also a novel about growth. It is based on the story of the real and symbolic journeying of an orphaned future ruler raised by witches in three stages, as Child, Little Girl, and Girl. The journey at once towards the throne and towards self-discovery is full of dangers, for the land is ruled by the ruthless Invaders. The task of the future queen is to free her country of these Invaders. Before she can do this, she must come to know her homeland and its inhabitants, while experiencing fear, humiliation, sickness and death, and learning the meaning of love and empathy. The happy ending comes as a result of a victory won by hard work and true suffering. Winner of the IBBY Polish Section Literary Prize, 1992 Hans Christian Andersen Honours List, 1994. Dorota Terakowska (1938–2004) — a well-known journalist in Cracow, she made her debut as a writer for children in 1989 with the novel Wł Włładca adca Lewawu (The Ruler of Lewaw). Her fantastic works for older children and teenagers deal with issues of the freedom of nations and individuals, and with the search for identity. She has won many prestigious awards; Có C rka czarownic (The The Witches’ Daughter Daughter) was inscribed in the Hans Christian Andersen honours List (1994). Rights sold: Norway, The Czech Republic, Lithuania, Italy, Slovakia Joanna Dąbrowska, Rights Manager [email protected] tel. +48 12 422 96 32, fax +48 12 422 54 23 34 Dorota Terakowska Chrysalis (Poczwarka) Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie 2001 322 pp. ISBN 83-08-03094-7 © Dorota Terakowska & Wydawnictwo Literackie Dorota Terakowska’s latest novel demonstrates brilliantly how a story about „a perfect Barbie and Ken world” is transformed into a moving contemporary novel about coming to understand one’s own mistakes, about guilt, love and redemption. Adam and Ewa are a young, well-off, well-educated married couple. The culmination of their ambitions and plans for the future is to be their child. Instead of a dream come true, however, the birth of their daughter lays waste to their hopes — she is born with a particularly severe form of Down’s Syndrome. Ewa, through instinctive dedication, learns to accept their daughter, although she is unable to penetrate her world. Adam, whose devastated hopes turn to a sense of rejection, begins to withdraw from his family. He has no idea that Marysia-the-Mouse, who is incapable of uttering a sentence correctly or of functions that make sense in the eyes of other people, plucks apples from the Tree of Paradise and talks with God. Could something be about to happen that can open the door slammed between them? Perhaps the key lies in the past... Terakowska’s book is a deeply moving story of how much — too much — time it often takes to understand that true love does not lay down conditions, and of how difficult it is to tear down the wall of alienation that grows up unnoticed between a person and their childhood. Rights sold: Lithuania Joanna Dąbrowska, Rights Manager [email protected] tel. +48 12 422 96 32, fax +48 12 422 54 23 35 Dorota Terakowska IT (Ono) Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie 2003 472 pp. ISBN 83-08-03355-5 © Dorota Terakowska & Wydawnictwo Literackie Ewa is nineteen years old. She dreams of a better life, of getting out of her poor town somewhere in the south of Poland, of love that will change her fate. Instead, she faces brutal reality — she is raped and becomes pregnant. She is advised to have an abortion but she does not listen. After the great success of Chrysalis (2001), Dorota Terakowska has surprised her readers with a new novel which is unusually moving and deals with matters that we encounter in life but prefer not to see. Terakowska’s daughter, the talented young Polish film director Małgorzata Szumowska, turned the novel into a sucessful film. The movie, though not an adaptation of the book, is inspired by the same idea that a foetus can actually hear and understand. Despite the fact that the novel presents a grim vision of reality, it has been extremely popular with readers — more than 20 000 copies have been sold so far. Rights sold: Russia, Vietnam Joanna Dąbrowska, Rights Manager [email protected] tel. +48 12 422 96 32, fax +48 12 422 54 23 36 Ludwik Jerzy Kern Ferdynand the Magnificent (Ferdynand Wspaniały) Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie 2003 132 pp. ISBN 83-08-03472-1 © Ludwik Jerzy Kern & Wydawnictwo Literackie Ferdynand the Magnificent (Ferdynand Wspaniały ł ) — the story of Ferdinand, a dog endowed ły with human features, is part of the canon of Polish childen’s literature. Irrespective of changing times and fashions, it continues to win the hearts and minds of new readers. The book has run into many editions, been translated into several languages and made into a movie. The author says that Ferdinand the Magnificent was inspired by his own exceptionally gifted a dog, which even had a talent for acting and played in the theatre. Rights sold: Croatia, Ukraine Joanna Dąbrowska, Rights Manager [email protected] tel. +48 12 422 96 32, fax +48 12 422 54 23 37 Jan Paweł II New Primer of John Paul II for the Third Millenium (Nowy elementarz Jana Pawła II na trzecie millennium) (selected by Krzysztof Dybciak) Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie 2005 228 pp. ISBN 83-08-03788-7 © Litreria Editrice Vaticana & Città del Vaticana & Wydawnictwo Literackie The second part of the famous Primer of John Paul II for those who believe, who doubt and who search. It contains a selection of texts from the years 2001–2005 written in an accessible and vivid language, not infrequently humorous. The texts concern everyday matters, personal and universal at the same time. Frequently, the Pope discusses important problems of our times as well as the problems Christianity has faced over its 2000 years’ existence. Benefits from reading the thoughts of John Paul II are indisputable — they guide us in how to live and grow spiritually. Krzysztof rzysztof Dybciak (b. 1948) — an academic of the Institute of Literary Studies and professor of the Catholic University of Lublin and the Cardinal Wyszyński University in Warsaw. He is a member of the Scientific Society of the Catholic University of Lublin and the Polish Writers’ Association. In the years 1983-84 and from 1989 he cooperated with Radio Free Europe. He has been studying the output of John Paul II for more than 25 years. He has published, among other things, the first full monograph ever of the poetic and dramatic works of John Paul II and their reception, entitled Karol Wojtyła łła and Literature. He is the author of the entries on the writings of John Paul II in the Catholic Encyclopaedia and the Encyclopaedia of Polish Literature of the 20th Century. In 1980 he received the Koscielski Prize; in 1987 the POLCUL Foundation Prize in Australia. Rights sold: France Joanna Dąbrowska, Rights Manager [email protected] tel. +48 12 422 96 32, fax +48 12 422 54 23 38 Jan Paweł II An Autobiography (Autobiografia) Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie 2003 228 pp. ISBN 83-08-03345-8 © Litreria Editrice Vaticana & Justyna Kiliańczyk-Zięba & Wydawnictwo Literackie The book John Paul II — An Autobiography is the first story of the Pope’s life narrated by the Holy Father himself rather then someone researching Vatican relations or a journalist. The book is a collection of individual passages from the writings of Karol Wojtyła — John Paul II — in which the author speaks about himself, his life, the choices he has had to make, and his spiritual growth. It presents the most personal, moving and characteristic fragments chosen from the Pope’s immense literary output: his books, letters, speeches, encyclicals, exhortations, sermons and literary works. Together they create an extraordinary account of his life presented in his own words. Among the most numerous entries, which are always mentioned in a personal context, are the following: his childhood in Wadowice, his closest family, school, his studies in Kraków, his fascination with theatre and literature, his wartime experiences, mountain hiking, the emergence of the vocation to the ministry, memories of friends and teachers, subsequent promotions up through the Church hierarchy until his election as Pope, the assassination attempt, and his pilgrimages. In John Paul II — An Autobiography the Pope also tells us about his prayers, suffering, old age, his views on abortion, dialogue with the Jewish community and ecumenism. All the chapters are short and furnished with titles that facilitate orientation within the book and the reading process. An extraordinary compilation creating a personal account of the Pope himself, from birth to old age. Wprost This is an unusual autobiography. The Pope himself speaks to us, even though he did not write this book. Weekly Magazine of Catholic Families Źr Źró ródło Biographies are not enough nowadays; we desire direct contact with the St. Peter of modern times. This book gives us the opportunity to become acquainted with John Paul’s life, as told by himself. Weekly Magazine of Catholic Families Źr Źró ródło The true biography of John Paul II will never be created, because it is impossible to do so. This one has to suffice. Rzeczpospolita Rights sold: Croatia, Portugal Joanna Dąbrowska, Rights Manager [email protected] tel. +48 12 422 96 32, fax +48 12 422 54 23 39 Antoni Kępiński Auschwitz Reflections (Refleksje Oświęcimskie) Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie 2005 344 pp. ISBN 83-08-03740-2 © Wydawnictwo Literackie Refleksje oświęcimskie is a collection of Professor Antoni Kępiński’s texts (never published in this form before) put together in one volume and devoted to the pathology of concentration camps, as seen by a psychologist and a psychiatrist. Professor Kępiński, imprisoned in inhuman conditions in camps in Hungary and Spain, was a pioneer in the research on the impact of concentration camp experiences on the psyche. Koszmar (Horror), Horror Zbrodnie ludobójstwa ó ójstwa (Homicide Crimes), No More Hiroshima — these are only some of the essays the volume comprises. Professor Kępiński could understand the situation and problems of the people who survived the extermination camps as nobody else. Reading Refleksje oświęcimskie we find answers to the questions: Why clid concentration camps come into being and what can be done that they never happen again? Antoni Kępiński not only survived a concentration camp, he also thought it over. Przemysław Czapliński, Ozon In the face of contemporary world pathologies, terrorism in particular (...), Kępiński’s deliberations have paradoxically acquired a new relevance and may constitute crucial help in understanding and preventing these pathologies. Zdzisław Jan Ryn (from the introduction to the book) Refleksje oświęcimskie by Antoni Kępiński — the most personal of all the books by the outstanding psychiatrist and thinker. Having read the book it is easier to understand where Professor Kępiński’s famous empathy, which he showed in his contacts with patients, came from. Jakub Beczek, Gazeta Wyborcza Antoni Kępiński (1918–1972) — a psychiatrist, a thinker, and a writer. A few generations of intelligentsia have known him mainly from his remarkable books Schizofrenia chizofreni (Schizophrenia) chizofrenia and Melancholia (Melancholy). The most popular of his books is Rytm życia ż (The Rhythm of Life), a classic title in psychiatric literature. Rytm życia ż has been published as many as 8 times in Polish in the edition of 50 thousand copies and translated and published in Czech. The selection of Kepinski’s thoughts and aphorisms , Autoportret człowieka (The Self-Portrait of a Man), met with an equally warm reception, also beyond his professional readership. The book has been published 5 times, recently in a new edition. Kępiński’s psychiatric thought has lasted entire decades, losing nothing of its relevance. His books are still re-issued, and what is more, in increasing editions. Antoni Kępiński co-edited the „Auschwitz” booklets of the Medical Review magazine which were among the strong candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize. Joanna Dąbrowska, Rights Manager [email protected] tel. +48 12 422 96 32, fax +48 12 422 54 23 40 Kępiński died prematurely in Krakow in 1972. Among other places, the psychiatric hospital in Jarosław has been named after Professor Kępiński, as well as a ward of the psychiatric hospital in Bielefeld (Germany), one of the classes in the Nowodworski Secondary School in Krakow and a street in Krakow. More than a dozen TV documentaries have been devoted to Kępiński, several dozen radio programmes have been recorded and the number of scientific publications for the general public and press publications amounts to several hundred items. His essays have been translated into English, German and French. Joanna Dąbrowska, Rights Manager [email protected] tel. +48 12 422 96 32, fax +48 12 422 54 23 41 Michał P. Markowski The Black Current. Gombrowicz, The World, and Fiction (Czarny nurt. Gombrowicz, świat, literatura) Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie 2004 412 pp. ISBN 83-08-03651-1 © Michał Paweł Markowski & Wydawnictwo Literackie Gombrowicz who is vague, ingenious and enigmatic; Gombrowicz who struggles with nonsense, anarchy, ignorance, with the whole awkwardness of the world – Markowski puts him to the test of his innovative interpretation. Czarny nurt is a monograph of Witold Gombrowicz which reverses the language of contemporary Gombrowicz studies to make it impossible for us to ever again look at any of his works with the same eyes. Czarny nurt by Michał. P. Markowski is a perfect example of how to boldly read a Polish fiction writer, with our ears pricked to catch any disharmony, echoes, or paradoxes; through the contraries, as if against the hair, having to break up the text’s resistance. Jacek Gutorow, Tygodnik Powszechny After you have read Markowski’s book you can hardly help asking yourself why on earth none of the Gombrowicz experts have ever devoted enough attention to this dark side of his art, which Markowski describes with so much talent and suggestiveness. Jerzy Jarzebski, an acclaimed Gombrowicz expert, Gazeta Wyborcza Michał P. Markowski (b. 1962) — a remarkable literature critic, translator and essayist. He is the author of Pragnienie obecności ści (Desire for Presence,1999) , Anatomia ciekawości ści ści (The ści Anatomy of Curiosity, the winner of the prestigious Koscielski Foundation Award in 2000), and Występek. Eseje o czytaniu i pisaniu ((A Misdemeanor. Essays on Reading and Writing, 2001). Markowski is a Nietzsche and Derida expert of great erudition and versatile interests. He works at the Institute of Polish Philology at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, where his lectures are very popular with the students. Rights sold: Romania, Sweden Joanna Dąbrowska, Rights Manager [email protected] tel. +48 12 422 96 32, fax +48 12 422 54 23 42 Katarzyna T. Nowak My mum the Witch. A story of Dorota Terakowska (Moja mama czarownica. Opowieść o Dorocie Terakowskiej) Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie 2005 412 pp. ISBN 83-08-03781-X © Katarzyna na T. Nowak & Wydawnictwo Literackie One of the most popular Polish writers, adored by adults and children, a journalist and the long-standing editor-in-chief of a Krakow daily, Gazeta Krakowska, mother of two daughters, an individualist and provoker, a woman of strong character and immense sensitivity, defiant, independent, mysterious. Dorota Terakowska — what was she really like? Her elder daughter, Katarzyna T. Nowak, a journalist, has tried to answer this question. Moja mama czarownica… is a fascinating description of Dorota Terakowska’s unusual personality. At the same time the reader has the chance to meet many famous personalities from Krakow’s bohemia of the 50s, 60s and 70s: Piotr Skrzynecki, Wiesław Dymny, Zygmunt Konieczny, Bronisław Chromy, Andrzej Bursa, Ludwik Jerzy Kern, Leszek A. Moczulski. Recollections of the family and close friends of Dorota Terakowska, excerpts from her letters and books make her portrait very intimate and yet not one-sided. When I read my mum’s books I was shocked. Suddenly it turned out that this overbearing, hyper-energetic and hyper-busy person, who passes by like a hurricane, actually has a great capacity for listening, seeing and understanding others, and is equally sensitive and caring inside as she is rough on the outside. The anger and the barrier that had divided us for so many years disappeared. No more waiting to see which of us is going to hold out her hand. And this is how we started to get to know each other... in her books I found what I had been looking for. And she found what she had lost. Katarzyna T. Nowak Joanna Dąbrowska, Rights Manager [email protected] tel. +48 12 422 96 32, fax +48 12 422 54 23 43 Ewa Lipska Mind the Step (Uwaga: stopień) Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie 2003 110 pp. ISBN 83-08-03294-X © Ewa Lipska & Wydawnictwo Literackie Mind the Step (Uwaga: stopień) is a selection from earlier volumes of one of Poland’s most acclaimed poets. Her perceptive ironic verse often reflects our contemporary reality as if in a distorting mirror. With great consistency she returns to fundamental questions relating to human existence, questions that we, immersed in this colourful but superficial world, often choose to ignore. Joanna Dąbrowska, Rights Manager [email protected] tel. +48 12 422 96 32, fax +48 12 422 54 23 44 Jolanta Stefko It’s good you are (Dobrze, że jesteś) Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie 2006 78 pp. ISBN 83-08-03848-4 © Wydawnictwo Literackie Jolanta Stefko (born 1971) made her debut in Wydawnictwo Literackie in 1998. Her works published in Wydawnictwo Literackie so far include poetry: At nobody’s side (Po stronie niczyjej) 1998 I like no one but me ((Ja nikogo nie lubię oprócz siebie) 2001 It’s good you are (Dobrze, że jesteś) 2006 and prose: Possible dreams (Możliwe sny) 2003 Her works have been also published in magazines: „Tygodnik Powszechny”, „NaGłos”, „Odra”, „Kresy”, „Studium”. Stefko’s literary awards include: Kościelscy Foundation Award (2006), Best poetry debut (1998), Best prose debut (2003) in PTWK and Raczyńscy’s Library Literary Contest, Award of the Polish Cultural Foundation (Stanislaw Lem’s recomendation). Her works have been translated into a few languages: German (poems and prose fragments in “Ansichten” magazine) and Russian (poems in an antology). Joanna Dąbrowska, Rights Manager [email protected] tel. +48 12 422 96 32, fax +48 12 422 54 23 45