Frankfurt 2008
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Frankfurt 2008
Wydawnictwo W.A.B. Rights Catalogue Frankfurt 2008 contact us at Wydawnictwo W.A.B. Sp. z o.o. 02-502 Warsaw, ul. Łowicka 31 Poland tel./fax: +48 22 646 01 74, 646 01 75 646 05 10, 646 05 11 e-mail: [email protected] www.wab.com.pl Blanka Wośkowiak – Rights Director [email protected] content 2 new 3 4 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Andrzej Bart The Flytraps Factory Andrzej Bart Don Juan Once More Jacek Dehnel Balzakiana Wojciech Kuczok Sleepiness Jarosław Maślanek Haszyszopenki Tomasz Piątek The Ostrogskis Palace Waldemar Borzestowski Bull Terier Samson and Me Joanna Fabicka Go For Tango Maria Nurowska Love Letters Krzysztof Kotowski Marika Mariusz Czubaj 21:37 Marek Krajewski, Mariusz Czubaj The Avenue of Suicides Marek Krajewski, Mariusz Czubaj Graveyard Roses Tomasz Konatkowski A Stop Called Death Tomasz Konatkowski The Wolf Island Artur Baniewicz Kisuny Małgorzata Domagalik, Janusz L. Wiśniewski In Between the Lines recently published 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 Michał Witkowski Lubiewo Michał Witkowski Queen Barbara Józef Hen The Ping-pong Player Sławomir Shuty Motions Dmitrij Strelnikoff Russian Month Mirosław Bujko Hornet Islands Marek Krajewski Plague in Breslau Tobiasz W. Lipny The Brussels Mission Barbara Kosmowska Hermańce Monika Rakusa High Fever Paulina Grych Schizo Grażyna Plebanek A Girl Called Przystupa Lidia Amejko The Legendary Lives of Block Saints Zygmunt Miłoszewski Entaglement Bartłomiej Rychter Taxi Driver Tomasz Trojanowski Fugitives Krystyna Kurczab-Redlich Head-on with the Kremlin Wall rights sold 45 backlist 51 index 53 3 new new 4 © Elżbieta Lempp Andrzej Bart Andrzej Bart (b. 1951) – prose and screenwriter, author of documentaries. Considered one of the most interesting Polish novelists, although he does not seek publicity and avoids media hype. Under his own name he published: Rien ne va plus (1991), Liking for the Journey (1999) and Don Juan Once More (2006). Under a pseudonym: The Man That the Dogs Didn’t Bark At (1983) and The Fifth Rider of Apocalypse (1999). His debut Rien ne va plus won a prestigious Kościelski Foundation Award (1991). His books were translated into German and Hungarian. Don Juan Once More will be published in France next year. other titles Don Juan Once More Don Juan raz jeszcze, 2006 awards Kościelski Foundation Award 1991 For me a novel should have divine attributes – to be capable of creating a world that is separate, improbable, it would seem, but at the same time very real. In this world the writer by necessity is every of his characters. AN INTERVIEW WITH ANDRZEJ BART RZECZPOSPOLITA W.A.B. Publishers, Poland, 02-502 Warsaw, Łowicka 31, tel./fax: +48 22 646 01 74, 646 01 75, 646 05 10, 646 05 11; e-mail: [email protected]; www.wab.com.pl new 5 The Flytraps Factory FABRYKA MUCHOŁAPEK 2008 NOVEL, 12,5 x 19,5 cm, hardcover, 344 pages Chaim Mordechai Rumkowski, known as Chaim the Terrible, was a controversial figure. As the head of the Jewish Council in the city of Lodz during WWII, he was responsible for turning the ghetto into a thriving company which provided the Germans with any goods they desired. And – by doing so – he tried to save thousands of Jews from extermination. Year 2007. A writer, mouthpiece for the author, is visited by a mysterious man with an envelope full of money. The visitor takes him to the trial of ... Chaim Rumkowski. It would not be strange if Chaim the Terrible had not died in 1944. But this trial is far from the usual proceedings: witnesses are the victims of dictatorial rule of Chaim, the judge is divinely omniscent. And the writer has a part to play in it. In Kafka-like style Bart tells a story about power and its temptations; about responsibility for one’s actions and the thin line between being a culprit and a victim. The novel on a universal problem perceived through the drama of the Lodz ghetto has once again shown the author – known for unconventional plot ideas – at his best. A universal parable about the temptations of power Praise for the previous books: Don Juan Once More is a novel infused with quasiquoatations and literary jokes, skillfully taking adavantage of cultural discourse. Bart’s novels are not “weighty” and philosophical, they are more allusive and full of ironic humour. DEKADA LITERACKA Intriguing books, written by one of the most eminent – quite possibly! – contemporary Polish writer. RZECZPOSPOLITA “You would’ve had to endure extreme torment, I’m sure, if you rejected one of your boss’s ideas. Please tell us about it.” The prosecutor expected something spectacular. “I’d probably have lost my job.” “That’s all?” the judge yelled. “Mr Kronsztad, do not disappoint the court and everyone gathered here. We want to hear something about tortures. Does your defender have any questions?” “Your Honour, I know you are above it all, but does it have to be quite so far above? Yes, I have one last question. Mr Kronsztad, you stopped working in the coal department and, as a punishment, you were sent to the flytrap factory...” “…which I was extremely happy about! Mind you, I did have to take greater responsibility, because the Germans were very much into quality. Doctor Schnitke, who supplied flytraps to the whole eastern frontline, was of the opinion that no fly should suffer for longer than fortythree minutes. Otherwise it would’ve been inhumane...” (an excerpt) Rights Director: Blanka Wośkowiak, e-mail: [email protected] new 6 © Elżbieta Lempp Andrzej Bart Don Juan Once More DON JUAN RAZ JESZCZE 2006 NOVEL, 12,5 x 19,5 cm, paperback, 344 pages other titles The Flytraps Factory Fabryka muchołapek, 2008 awards Kościelski Foundation Award 1991 Masterpiece! GAZETA WYBORCZA Andrzej Bart - see p. 4 It’s the beginning of the sixteenth century. Joanna, queen of Castile, goes mad. She orders the body of her late husband, Philip the Handsome, to be dug up, and sets off on a controversial journey across Spain. Don Juan joins this weird retinue with a special mission: he is to use his masculine charm to make the queen abandon the journey. But Don Juan is no longer the ruthless ladykiller, he’s been doing penance in a monastery for the sins of his youth. Dark castles and monasteries, torture chambers and impressive libraries are the background for the history of love and power struggle. The novel is not only about knightly adventures, mysterious murders and night interrogations. With erudition and ease Bart invokes other literary works, leaving the reader with a fascinating, metaliterary riddle to solve. Don Juan Once More is an outstanding novel. Its every aspect – language, style, the plot structure, composition, subject matter – signifies technical brilliance. KSIĄŻKI W TYGODNIKU Here is a superb novel which provides entertainment and allows you to take great delight in its style, allusions and refined humour. GAZETA WYBORCZA Written with verve and fluency, abundant in irony and humour [...] LAMPA W.A.B. Publishers, Poland, 02-502 Warsaw, Łowicka 31, tel./fax: +48 22 646 01 74, 646 01 75, 646 05 10, 646 05 11; e-mail: [email protected]; www.wab.com.pl new 7 Jacek Dehnel © Emilian Snarski Jacek Dehnel (b. 1980), was born in Gdańsk, but chose to live in Warsaw. A graduate of Warsaw University. Poet, prose writer and painter. In 2006 W.A.B. published his debut novel Lala, which was very well received by the readers as well as the critics. The book was translated into German, and is soon to be published in Italy, Hungaria, Slovakia, Croatia, Israel, and Lithuania. Dehnel has also published a collection of short stories Market Square in Smyrna (W.A.B. 2007). A winner of Kościelski Prize (2005) and Polityka’s Passport Award (2006), he also translates poetry, including Philip Larkin and W.H. Auden. Balzakiana BALZAKIANA 2008 SHORT STORIES, 12,5 x 19,5 cm, hardcover, 400 pages other titles Market Square in Smyrna Rynek w Smyrnie, 2007 Lala Lala, 2006 awards Polityka’s Paszport Award 2006 Kościelski Foundation Award 2005 Balzac now? Jacek Dehnel, the author of the very well received Lala, sets Balzac-like tales a contemporary grounding, with great results.What we get in those four short novellas is a vast collection of characters and a wide cross-section of topics: a snobbish artist abandons his wife for a seasonal starlet, sisters from a good family take advantage of a mentally retarded man, and then rob each other. The nouveaux riches too willingly assume the roles of ruthless aristocrats, ordinary people prefer to pretend they are completely different and get entangled in the web of their own lies. Balzakiana is also a brilliant return to tradition and a fascinating analysis of the present time, full of humour, and written in a vivid style. And another evidence that human weaknesses are universal. Praise for Lala by Jacek Dehnel: Mature and – which does not happen too often – very funny prose. POLITYKA rights sold Lala Croatia Fraktura Germany Rowohlt Berlin Hungary Kalligram Israel Keter Books Italy Salani Lithuania Kronta Slovakia Kalligram Rights Director: Blanka Wośkowiak, e-mail: [email protected] Jacek Dehnel, a 27-year-old Polish writer, makes a very successful debut with this fascinating novel. B5AKTUELL Jacek Dehnel’s novel is a homage paid not only to his grandmother Lala, but also to other older-generation women, who showed courage, determination and did their utmost to keep family ties NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG new 8 Wojciech Kuczok Wojciech Kuczok (b. 1972) is a poet, prose writer, and film critic. He is the author of poetry Credible Stories (1996), stories Heard of Tales (1999), Skelestories (2002). In 2003, W.A.B. published his novel Muck, which received among others the NIKE Award. Kuczok wrote a scenario for the film Welts, based on Muck. The film was awarded the Golden Lions at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia. In 2005 W.A.B. published a collection of selected stories by Wojciech Kuczok - Assorted Tales and in 2006 - Infernal Cinema, the collection of film essays. Sleepiness is his newest novel. other titles Muck Gnój, 2003 Ghostring Widmokrąg, 2004 Infernal Cinema To piekielne kino, 2006 Kuczok is a brilliant writer, one of the best among his generation. DZIENNIK POLSKA rights sold Muck Croatia Hrvatsko filolosko drustvo Czech Republic Havran Denmark Batzer & Co France Editions de l’Olivier Germany Suhrkamp Hungary Magveto Italy Forum Lithuania Mintis Romania Polirom Russia NLO Serbia Laguna Slovakia Belimex Slovenia Didakta The Netherlands Van Gennep Ukraine Calvaria Ghostring France Editions de l’Olivier Germany Suhrkamp The Netherlands Van Gennep Infernal Cinema Germany Suhrkamp W.A.B. Publishers, Poland, 02-502 Warsaw, Łowicka 31, tel./fax: +48 22 646 01 74, 646 01 75, 646 05 10, 646 05 11; e-mail: [email protected]; www.wab.com.pl new 9 Sleepiness SENNOŚĆ 2008 NOVEL, 12,5 x 19,5 cm, hardcover, 256 pages Sleepiness – a new novel by Wojciech Kuczok, one of the most talented young Polish authors. Adam is a young doctor struggling with the complex of a traditional provincial upbringing. His parents pinned all their hopes on him. Now – hiding his homosexual tendencies and feeling guilty about it – he realises that he can never live up to their expectations. Robert is a frustrated single-book author. Dominated by his wife and controlled by her dreadful family he cannot write anymore. His office feels like a prison. Rose was once a great and famous drama actress, but since she married a despotic businessman, the Husband, she suffers from narcolepsy and spends all her days inside her asylum-like home. Accidentally these three persons tormented by their own powerlessness meet. Is something going to change in their lives? Are they still capable of waking up? Sleepiness is a very cinematic story. Even though it was designed as a development and conclusion of a screenplay, the quality of writing makes it subtle and colourful. A precise and sharp language completes the picture. Kuczok, the screenwriter, wrote out lines for his actors, and Kuczok, the writer, created the world in which they can play their parts. awards Muck NIKE Literary Award 2004 Polityka’s Passport Award Book of Spring of Poznañ New Publications Review The press on previous novels: Kuczok, just like Balzac and Flaubert, portrays a land that his countrymen rarely think or speak of, they prefer to remain silent altoghether. In this Poland there is no place for great ideas, class struggle or bright future. There is no God, no honour and no homeland. A picture of the Polish middle class ADAM MICHNIK, GAZETA WYBORCZA Thanks to Wojciech Kuczok European literature has a great new talent. NRC HANDELSBLAD Kuczok is unbelievably talented. He can use almost every convention and every genre, create a plot out of nothing, and find mystery in virtually every happening, even the most trivial. RES PUBLICA NOWA Rights Director: Blanka Wośkowiak, e-mail: [email protected] new 10 © Katarzyna Skoczyńska-Maślanek Jarosław Maślanek Haszyszopenki HASZYSZOPENKI 2008 NOVEL, 12,5 x 19,5 cm, hardcover, 354 pages An allegory of a provincial town “under siege” Jarosław Maślanek (b. 1947) – political scientist, journalist, co-editor of Polish Real Estate Magazine. His articles appear in business sections of Nowy Przemyśl and the internet portal wnp.pl. He lives in Warsaw. Haszyszopenki is his first novel. August 1982. Staircases, yards and deadends of one of many Polish provincial, industrial towns. Stuffy with the anticipation of something final: the end of the martial law period, summer and friendships. Jarosław Maślanek, a first-time novelist, might associate this summer with the limits of his own and his peers’ dreams. Haszyszopenki is about a country that remains the same despite the ongoing changes. Fathers of twelve year old Wronek and Maks are respectively a regime police officer and an activist of the trade union “Solidarity” in a local factory. They are almost completely absent from the boys’ lives. Mothers sink deeper into madness and a state of stupor. Neighbours who focus on drinking home made alcohol are snitches, paedophiles, invalids or spies... In the atmosphere of utmost powerlessness Maks spends his days with Wronek. The boys finally decide to eliminate Trzynacha, a retired militiaman, they’ve been fueding with for months. Wronek suggests more and more dangerous games, and Maks is not able to break free from the boy’s hypnotic influence. The unusual friendship develops into a substitute for family which is more and more disintegrated. It functions as a panacea for the school thugs, the dwarfed father, the lack of motherly love and interest. Soon enough however it turns out to be an illusion, just like everything else in the area. Maślanek’s writing is very vivid, his characters almost touchable. The objective history is shown from a new, surprising perspective. Haszyszopenki is an excellent first novel. I recommend Haszyszopenki to everyone, also myself: to those who enjoy good literature and exquisite style, to big boys and mature admirers of literary games, where only the boards are different, but the rules remain the same. FILIP MODRZEJEWSKI W.A.B. Publishers, Poland, 02-502 Warsaw, Łowicka 31, tel./fax: +48 22 646 01 74, 646 01 75, 646 05 10, 646 05 11; e-mail: [email protected]; www.wab.com.pl new 11 © Łukasz Kotliński Tomasz Piątek The Ostrogskis Palace PAŁAC OSTROGSKICH 2008 NOVEL, 12,5 x 19,5 cm, hardcover, 312 pages Kurt Vonnegut Jr of Polish literature Tomasz Piątek (b. 1974) – a writer, journalist, film critic and columnist. A graduate of linguistics in Italy. He made his debut at the age of nine with a column in a students’ newspaper, he has been writing since then (although he was also a prison warden, an usher and a director’s assistant). The author of a bestselling, based on his own experience novel Heroin (2002), for which he was nominated to the prestigious “Polityka” Passport. He also published A Few Nights Out (2002), Bog (2004), The Case of Justyna (2004), Nionio (2005), Good Lord (2005), Blessed Age (2006) and fantasy trilogy The Emperor’s Beloved Subjects (2004). His books were published in Ukraine, Argentina, and Italy. In the very centre of Warsaw there is the Ostrogskis Palace which dates back to the 17th century. Its immense vaults hide a web of labyrinths. According to legend, you can meet there a princess turned into Golden Duck… The bench in front of the palace, on the other hand, is a favourite place of a certain old man. He will be the person to help the hero of The Ostrogskis Palace, a drug addict wandering the streets of Warsaw, discover the therapeutic properties of writing. And we don’t know whether since now the whole story is only a fictional story of a drug addict in detox, or does it really happen. Will the hero descend into the vaults, where Golden Duck will offer him the best version of his fate. As she once did to Frédéric Chopin… The novel bewitches with a fragmented and colourful world, which changes just like in a kaleidoscope. The story is enriched by numerous digressions, and the reader still does not know how this lightweight, sometimes ironic narration is going to develop. Praise for Tomasz Piątek: The main virtue of this book is not its didacticism and moralizing, its main virtue is certainly its literary quality. Piątek can simply write really well. MAGAZYN READY Piątek knows how to interweave humour into his stories. It is not black humour, but familiar, street playfulness, which is next to us all the time. GAZETA WYBORCZA Rights Director: Blanka Wośkowiak, e-mail: [email protected] new 12 Waldemar Borzestowski Waldemar Borzestowski (b. 1964) – writer, painter, journalist. He worked as a manager in a large media group and as a railroad worker; bought old books at auctions and exhibited horses at the horse shows. Travels a lot. He has collaborated with numerous literary magazines. In 1999 he published a collection of short stories, Nocny sprzedawca owoców (The Night Fruit Seller). He lives in Gdansk. © Beata Borzestowska Bull terrier Samson and Me BULLTERIER SAMSON I JA 2008 NOVEL, 12,5 x 19,5 cm, paperback, 336 pages Warm, witty and touching! TYGODNIK WAŁBRZYSKI It is an amusing story about a certain Polish loser. Well-written, witty, abundant in twists and turns: it shows the community of dog lovers as a microcosm of society. David, who is permanently unemployed and nonchalant towards life, receives a curious offer. His neighbours are off to England and are looking for somebody to take care of their dog – Samson, a bull terrier. When David agrees to take the job his life gets more and more exciting. While walking the dog he has a chance to meet the local crème de la crème: forever marriageable girls, an ex-convict who has failed to break with his past... On dog-related web pages he flirts with women. The presence of the bull terrier also helps him to get closer to his teenage daughter, who lives with her mother. The bliss is only momentarily spoiled when a certain femme fatale appears and tries to dominate David... What is worse he is also threatened by some international swindlers... Unfortunately Samson’s owners are soon coming back. But who said David is going to return the dog? Bull terrier Samson and Me is in many ways similar to the most charming pieces of English contemporary literature, it shares some of their best qualities: a special kind of lightness, humour and a large number of touching moments. Bull terrier Samson and Me reminds one of a family bliss portrayed by Tony Parsons. Yes, it is a light reading, but presented with a unique charm. KRYTYCZNYMOKIEM.BLOGSPOT.COM W.A.B. Publishers, Poland, 02-502 Warsaw, Łowicka 31, tel./fax: +48 22 646 01 74, 646 01 75, 646 05 10, 646 05 11; e-mail: [email protected]; www.wab.com.pl new 13 Joanna Fabicka Joanna Fabicka, (b. 1970), graduated in cinematography. She made her poetry début in 1993 with A More Acrid Taste. WAB published her 4-vloume series for young people entitled Rudolf ’s Crazy Life (2002), At a Pig’s Trot (2004), Sex and Other Troubles (2005), and Tango Ortodonto (2006). Go For Tango is her latest novel. © Bogumił Godfrejow Go For Tango IDĘ W TANGO 2008 NOVEL, 12,5 x 19,5 cm, paperback, 354 pages other titles Rudolf’s Crazy Life Szalone życie Rudolfa, 2002, pocket edition 2005 At a Pig’s Trot Świnskim truchtem, 2004 Sex and Other Troubles Some people might think Warsaw is the most beautiful place on Earth. But Jadzia, living in a small rented apartment, would not share their point of view. A few weeks ago, she hoped she would spend the rest of her life with her sweetheart in London. Now she must face a very different reality. Her fiancé proved much less in love than he declared to be and the job she left before going to Britain is no longer available. On the verge of depression she must deal with her eight year old son Gucio tormenting her with existential questions and quotations from literature. Jadzia suddenly believes that her mental health depends on taking part in a television dance contest... Joanna Fabicka tells the story of Jadzia with charm and humour. The girl’s intense emotional life finds expression in the form of a passionate tango. The novel is also filled with clever comments on both everyday reality and the entertainment business. Seks i inne przykrości, 2005 Tango Ortodonto Tango Ortodonto, 2006 rights sold Rudolf’s Crazy Life Russsia Phantom Press The press on previous novels: You can say so many good things about Joanna Fabicka. She writes with emotion, sense of humour, distance and has plenty of fabulous ideas. MAREK ŁAWRYNOWICZ Let’s hope that even if the world changes, Joanna Fabicka will not! And that she will still entertain us and move us to tears by showing our reality in her distorted mirror. GŁOS KOSZALIŃSKI Rights Director: Blanka Wośkowiak, e-mail: [email protected] new 14 Maria Nurowska Maria Nurowska is the author of novels and dramas and one of the most popular Polish writers. Most of her, almost thirty books – from Don’t Shoot the Organist (1975), My Life with Marlon Brando (1976), Postscriptum (1989, to be published by WAB soon), Spanish eyes (1990, to be published by WAB soon) to the recently-published Bitter Affair (2003), The Ukrainian Trilogy (2003-2006) Maids And Widows (1991-1993, published by WAB, 2007) – were met with great reader interest and critical recognition. Her books have been translated into twelve languages, including Chinese and Korean, and were bestsellers in France and Germany (selling in Germany in the hundreds of thousands of copies). In 2006, W.A.B published an autobiography of Maria Nurowska entitled Moon over Zakopane. The author is currently working on a new book. © Daniel Koziński other titles A German Dance Niemiecki taniec, 2000 Christine Miłośnica, 2000 Russian Lover Rosyjski kochanek, 2002 Moon over Zakopane Księżyc nad Zakopanem, 2006 Maids and Widows Panny i wdowy, 2007 Ukrainian Trilogy: Your Name… Imię twoje..., 2003, 2005 Return to Lvov Powrót do Lwowa, 2005 Two Loves Dwie miłości, 2006 rights sold Russian Lover Czech Republic Motto Ukrainian Trilogy Germany DTV Every new novel by Maria Nurowska leaves no doubt: she is one of the most important contemporary Polish writers. SÄCHSISCHE ZEITUNG W.A.B. Publishers, Poland, 02-502 Warsaw, Łowicka 31, tel./fax: +48 22 646 01 74, 646 01 75, 646 05 10, 646 05 11; e-mail: [email protected]; www.wab.com.pl new 15 Love Letters LISTY MIŁOŚCI 2008 NOVEL, 12,5 x 19,5 cm, hardcover, 264 pages over 500 000 copies of Maria Nurowska’s books have been sold in Poland Out of all novels by Maria Nurowska translated into foreign languages it is Love Letters that proved the most successful. A bestseller in Germany, it received an enthusiastic recommendation from Marcel Reich-Ranicki, which won the author thousands of new devoted fans. Elżbieta Elsner’s life is confusing. Being a teenage Jew she avoids starvation only thanks to a prostitute, and manages to escape from the ghetto with the help of an SS man. On the Aryan side she picks a door and knocks; she wants to get rid of her “guardian”. She is taken in by a Polish family and under the name of Krystyna Chylińska she starts a new life. Soon she falls in love with a doctor, marries him and raises his son. She works as a translator. She never mentions her true identity and never speaks about the past. However the nightmare of the war is not just a painful memory, but an ongoing drama. Suddenly her old guardian appears – just like a ghost from the ghetto... Love Letters is an insightful study of a female perception. Krystyna is torn inside, humiliated and loved. She belongs to two worlds that can never meet – the Jewish and the Polish one. She fights with her destiny, history and herself. The press: This fascinating novel draws on the experience of English literature. The convention of letter-writting makes it authentic and helps the author to complete her artistic plan: to show the truth hidden under the surface of appearances. FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG What are my impressions after reading the novel of Maria Nurowska: her manner of writing attract one’s attention, seduces, leaves the reader in a state similar to Odysseus when he heard the Sirens sing. It gets under your skin and never allows to put the book down... KSIAZKI.WP.PL The most popular Polish author in Germany, widely read in Poland and in Russia. Maria Nurowska can perfectly identify themes that will attract lots of attention. KOBIETA I STYL Rights Director: Blanka Wośkowiak, e-mail: [email protected] new 16 Krzysztof Kotowski Krzysztof Kotowski (b. 1966) – psychologist, journalist, TV producer and radio presenter. At the peak of his career he gave up his presence in the media and disappeared from the public eye. He returned years later as a widely read author of political fiction books. He published: Japanese Cut (2003), Zigzag (2003), Marika (2008), Serval (2006), The Night of Priests (2007) and The Priest (2008). He loves literature, cats, Chinese Go, and and playing the piano, which doesn’t go down well with the neighbours. © Robert Sitek Marika MARIKA 2008 NOVEL, 12,5 x 19,5 cm, paperback, 246 pages Hitchcock himself would not be ashamed of Kotowski’s skillful way of measuring out the tension GAZETA WYBORCZA Marika is a first-rate spy thriller with Poles, Russians and AlQaeda members as the main characters. For many years people have been mysteriously disappearing in the marshes near a small town. Police reports and archival TV footage disappear in a similarly mysterious way. It seems that someone really wants to cover up the case. The place used to be a military base, now it is suddenly interesting for KGB agents and Russian mafia. Finally, the news about a terrifying forest which devours people leaks out to the media. Will the author of a popular TV show manage to neutralize a huge power which can wipe out the biggest cities in a few seconds? Marika – a perfectly constructed plot, just like in Ludlum or Coben. American-style pace. Skillfully balanced narration. Finally – original love interest, which makes the book an excellent read for everyone, not only the tough guys. Praise for Krzysztof Kotowski: It would not be an exaggeration to say that Kotowski is the equal to such aces as David Morrel or Harlan Coben. MAXIM The book has everything that is required from such literature: distinctive and real characters, sexy or emotional women, lively action with surprising plot twists, conflicts between different institutions, including police, technology of secret service, the art of fighting and professional killing, and even a bit of philosophy. MAGAZYN LITERACKI KSIĄŻKI W.A.B. Publishers, Poland, 02-502 Warsaw, Łowicka 31, tel./fax: +48 22 646 01 74, 646 01 75, 646 05 10, 646 05 11; e-mail: [email protected]; www.wab.com.pl new 17 © Grzegorz Press Mariusz Czubaj 21:37 21:37 2008 NOVEL, 12,5 x 19,5 cm, paperback, 182 pages other titles The Avenue of Suicides Aleja samobójców, 2008 Graveyard Roses Róże cmentarne, 2009 Mariusz Czubaj (b. 1969) – cultural anthropologist, author of several books: Biodra Elvisa Presleya. Od paleoherosów do neofanów (Elvis Presley’s Hips: From Paleo-Heroes to Neo-Fans, 2006), W stronę miejskiej utopii (Towards the Urban Utopia, 2007) and (together with Wojciech J. Burszta) Krwawa setka. 100 najważniejszych powieści kryminalnych (The Bloody Shot: 100 Most Important Crime Novels, 2007). Spring 2007. Near the Olympic Centre in Warsaw corpses of two young men are found. The victims were clerics from the local seminar. Evidence shows that before death they might have been tortured. Nothing seems clear. Why did they have numbers 21 and 37 painted on their faces? Is it a reference to the time of the Polish pope’s death? Are these deaths connected? A special investigation unit is created to capture the killer. Rudolph Heinz, an expert in criminal profiling, joins the team. Among the suspects there are some influential and respected people such as a rector of the seminar, a famous businessman with homosexual inclinations and an acknowledged biblical scholar. The outburst of a serious scandal seems very near. 21:37 is a story about the hypocrisy and crisis in the Polish Catholic Church. The novel is a first part in the series about a profiler Rudolph Heinz entitled A Polish Psycho. The next book is due in 2010. Press on The Avenue of Suicides: The story is easy to read, the plot engaging. There are numerous amusing references to the Polish reality from politics to pop culture. POLITYKA The plot is carried out with proper suspense, the feeling of noir comes with the stuffy atmosphere of the city, the urban paradise is both touching and inherently corrupted. PORTALKRYMINALNY.PL Rights Director: Blanka Wośkowiak, e-mail: [email protected] recently published 18 Marek Krajewski Mariusz Czubaj Marek Krajewski – see page 32. Mariusz Czubaj – see page 17. © Wojciech Druszcz The Avenue of Suicides ALEJA SAMOBÓJCÓW 2008 NOVEL, 12,5 x 19,5 cm, paperback, 288 pages In a luxury retirement home “Eden” a wheelchair-using resident is found dead. The man was brutally murdered and scalped. At the same time another resident of the institution – a professor specializing in symbolic wounds – vanishes into the blue… The authorities do everything to cover up the whole thing. The chief inspector Pater – in private a linguistic purist, football expert and gambler – accidentally appears first at the crime scene. Nothing will stop him from explaining this mysterious death. Due to skilfully constructed storyline and intriguing style this first common book of the master of Polish crime novel and a cultural anthropologist is a great success. An intricate plot and a classic Chandler-like hero make The Avenue of Suicides a real treat for the enthusiasts of dark secrets. A surprising literary duo and a completely new crime series Libling turned on his heel and wanted to leave, but he was stopped by the voice: “Why did you put on a doctor’s coat? You don’t have to answer. There is a lot of blood, isn’t there? You obviously didn’t want to stain your suit, which surely wasn’t cheap.” Wieloch was staring at Libling’s face. “Let me give you a piece of advice. Pater is not another client, who wants to put a wealthy old man in your care. If you don’t cooperate with him, he will bring hell every time he comes here. He will be like a mad dog, who will tear your valuable suit to pieces. And even Versace won’t sew it up.” (an excerpt) W.A.B. Publishers, Poland, 02-502 Warsaw, Łowicka 31, tel./fax: +48 22 646 01 74, 646 01 75, 646 05 10, 646 05 11; e-mail: [email protected]; www.wab.com.pl recently published 19 Graveyard Roses RÓŻE CMENTARNE 2008 NOVEL, 12,5 x 19,5 cm, paperback, 284 pages Marek Krajewski, the most popular Polish author of crime fiction, and Mariusz Czubaj, a brilliant journalist, return as a literary duo in the second novel in their criminal series, Graveyard Roses. Summer 2007. A male body is found in a sawmill in one of the Polish seaside resorts. Inspector Jaroslaw Pater has difficulty showing enthusiasm towards the case, especially since his thoughts are focused on the holiday he is going to spend in Greece. His plans are thwarted when another body is found. This time a girl, brutally strangled. The second murder reminds Pater of a certain old case. Is there a connection between John Doe from the sawmill and the dead girl on the beach? Is there a copycat killer involved? And why has the inspector told his staff that this is his last investigation? The press on The Avenue of Suicides, the first novel by Marek Krajewski and Mariusz Czubaj: The story is easy to read, the plot engaging. There are numerous amusing references to the Polish reality from politics to pop culture. POLITYKA In spite of the contemporary scenery all the tricks characteristic to Marek Krajewski’s novels are still here: those that he once used to create the steamy, disturbing atmosphere of Breslau. Robust language together with linguistic allusions. Plenty of deviant characters and monstrosities. And all that mixed with alcohol, hangover and migraine. RZECZPOSPOLITA Rights Director: Blanka Wośkowiak, e-mail: [email protected] new 20 Tomasz Konatkowski Tomasz Konatkowski (b. 1968) studied physics and information technology at the University of Warsaw. Since 1991 he has worked as a programmer, designer and analyst. He started his writing penning short stories for a daily newspaper. Football fan, lover of strong, dark beer and good food eaten in very different parts of the world. A Stop Called Death is his first book and the first volume in a series of Warsaw crime stories. The second part of the series – The Wolf Island – was published in 2008. A Stop Called Death PRZYSTANEK ŚMIERĆ 2007 NOVEL, 12,5 x 19,5 cm, paperback, 400 pages rights sold Germany Ullstein Italy Nottetempo film rights sold A Stop Called Death is a brilliantly constructed modern criminal story, an example of a winning debut. Warsaw, 17 April, 2005. A tram terminus on one of the Warsaw estates. A tram driver discovers, in a carriage, the dead body of a man stabbed with a knife. Police superintendent Adam Nowak starts the investigation. Finding another victim in very similar circumstances confirms police suspicions that they are dealing with a serial killer who is trying to start a macabre dialogue with them. The investigation leads Nowak to rarely visited places, tram termini and depots, those still working and those he can find only by using old maps. In his spare time, the police superintendent tries to put his private life in order. Neither does he forget about his beloved football team, who are playing particularly poorly this season. Konatkowski’s novel is, in fact, a book about Warsaw, in the way that Ian Rankin’s books are about Edinburgh and Rankin is definitely one of the author’s favourite writers. We’ve been waiting for such a book for a long time – a good, meaty, realistic crime thriller. GAZETA WYBORCZA W.A.B. Publishers, Poland, 02-502 Warsaw, Łowicka 31, tel./fax: +48 22 646 01 74, 646 01 75, 646 05 10, 646 05 11; e-mail: [email protected]; www.wab.com.pl new 21 The Wolf Island WILCZA WYSPA 2008 NOVEL, 12,5 x 19,5 cm, paperback, 472 pages rights sold Germany Ullstein a juicy page-turner The Wolf Island is the second novel in a series kicked off with A Stop Called Death. And again it is an intricately crafted, unputdownable thriller. In one of Warsaw’s marinas the corpse of a mutilated Caucasian man is found. Further investigation establishes that it was an eighteen year old Swede, the son of a wealthy businessman. Who decided to kill him? For what reason? Inspector Adam Nowak takes this long and arduous case, which leads to more unsolved mysteries. An Indian running his business near Warsaw suddenly disappears in unknown circumstances. And under the Royal Castle, human remains are discovered... Everything seems so complicated. The circle of suspects continues to widen. Almost every person interrogated gives false evidence, trying to hide their own secrets and thus becomes a suspect. As if that’s not enough, the inspector’s favourite football club is still unlucky, and his girlfried wants to start a family. How can he cope with all that? The Wolf Island means witty dialogues, fast action with lots of suspense and unpredictable twists and turns. Konatkowski is very precise in describing the geography of Warsaw and reconstructing its reality. His city is vibrant and touchable: a contemporary Warsaw, speaking many languages and undergoing another great transformation. Praise for Tomasz Konatkowski: I would be happy if someone like inspector Adam Nowak looked after our safety. Fortunately there is someone like Konatkowski who looks after our entertainment. Even if we die, it most certainly won’t be because of boredom. GAZETA WYBORCZA Tomasz Konatkowski is a really good crime writer. His second book, The Wolf Island, a story with a Scandinavian, Mankell-like touch, reaffirms hopes raised by his debut A Stop Called Death. DZIENNIK Rights Director: Blanka Wośkowiak, e-mail: [email protected] new 22 Artur Baniewicz Artur Baniewicz is the best Polish expert on political fiction. DZIENNIK Artur Baniewicz (b. 1963) an author of thrillers and fantasy novels, a civil engineer. WAB published Three Skeleton Mountain (2003), Drzymalski vs. the Republic (2004), Good Reason to Kill (2005). Kisuny is his newest novel. © Monika Tomaszewicz Kisuny KISUNY 2005 NOVEL, 12,5 x 19,5 cm, paperback, 552 pages other titles Three Skeleton Mountain Góra Trzech Szkieletów, 2003 Drzymalski vs. the Republic Drzymalski przeciw Rzeczpospolitej, 2004 Good Reason to Kill Dobry powód, by zabijać, 2005 awards Drzymalski vs. the Republic nominated for High Calibre Award the best detective/thriller novel of 2005 A new political thriller by the Polish master of the genre! Bloody crimes are combined with violent passion, and turbulent politics brutally interrupt the quiet life of citizens. Kaliningrad Oblast – a slightly forgotten corner of Eastern Europe – separates itself from Russia, proclaims independence as The Republic of Sambia and plunges into civil war. Although the neighbouring countries seal their borders, the citizens of a small Polish town near the Russian frontier engage in smuggling. Janusz Krechowiak, a manager of a local run-down hotel and exofficer of the Polish army, is also eager to earn some extra money on bootlegging. Suddenly a Sambian truck appears in town... Its cargo must not fall into the hands of the Polish government. The Sambians make things clear: either they get their cargo back, or they send tanks to reclaim it. Kisuny is a vivid, romantic and subtly satirical story about contemporary Poles. Baniewicz never allows the tension to lapse, and the reader is drawn into each and every episode. The press on previous novels: If fiction is bound to entertain, than Baniewicz’s novel lives up to those expectations. There’s action at last! DZIEŃ DOBRY rights sold Three Skeleton Mountain Russia Azbooka I read the novel in one sitting. Honestly I sat up till late at night, it was so difficult to put down. GAZETA WYBORCZA Baniewicz is a master of plot construction. GAZETA WYBORCZA W.A.B. Publishers, Poland, 02-502 Warsaw, Łowicka 31, tel./fax: +48 22 646 01 74, 646 01 75, 646 05 10, 646 05 11; e-mail: [email protected]; www.wab.com.pl new 23 Małgorzata Domagalik Janusz L. Wiśniewski Małgorzata Domagalik (born 1957) – famous Polish publicist and author of television programs; The Editor in Chief in monthly Pani; The author of The heart on the string (1998), Sisterly feelings (W.A.B 2001). Together with Krystyna Kofta, she wrote Harpies, piranhas, angels (W.A.B. 1997) and with Janusz L. Wiśniewski – 188 days and nights (2005). Leading of the popular television shows: Men’s striptease, Taboo, Mixed sensations; Fever. A laureate of the prestigious Victor Award – granted to the most important television individuality. In Between the Lines MIĘDZY WIERSZAMI 2008 LETTERS, 12,5 x 19,5 cm, paperback, 304 pages other titles 188 Days and Nights Janusz L. Wiśniewski (born 1954) – Polish prose writer, academic lecturer. He has created the technical application that is now used by chemical companies all over the world. He made his debut in 2001 with Loneliness on the Net, which has broken all records of selling in Poland. In 2006 the film and TV serial have been created upon it. Author and co-author of over ten successful books. His works have been translated into English, Czech, Albanian, Russian, Croatian, Lithuanian and Vietnamese. He lives with his family in Frankfurt on the Men. 188 dni i nocy, 2005 rights sold 188 Days and Nights Russia Azbooka In Between the Lines Russia Azbooka Conversations between the most popular Polish author (one million copies sold) and the most popular Polish journalist Rights Director: Blanka Wośkowiak, e-mail: [email protected] In between the lines is a second – after 188 days and nights – collection of e-mails, that uncompromising journalist Małgorzata Domagalik and Janusz L. Wiśniewski, the author of bestselling novels, have been writing one to each other. In the first letter he writes: I will quote the data, bombard you with the facts, refer to the science and doubt your information or accept them with an admiration. Selfishly, I will pull out everything I don’t know cause I love knowing. Maybe even more then you do. Other then that, she suggests there was more about love this time. Finally, they also talk about their reading matters, impressions from spectacles, journeys, memories and family joys and sorrows. She reminisces about her stay in Paris and a meeting with Paulo Coelho; he is fascinated about the theory of happiness depending on three chemicals and adds that the density of carats for diamonds and gold on Place Vendôme, which she sees from her window, is incredible Their emails are very personal and extremely erudite, sometimes provocative and sometimes just sad. But there is something hidden there as well. Yet, readers like reading in between the lines. 25 recently published recently published 26 © Rafał Milach / Viva! Michał Witkowski Michał Witkowski (b. 1975) – one of the most famous Polish writers of the younger generation. He made his debut with a collection of short stories Copyright (2001). In 2005 he published his best-selling novel Lubiewo, which received a literary award Gdynia 2006 and was nominated for the NIKE Award 2006 and the Passports of “Polityka” 2005. The next collection of stories, Wallpaper (W.A.B. 2006), was also nominated for NIKE. The author is currently working on his new book. Lubiewo LUBIEWO 2004 NOVEL other titles Photographic Wall Paper Fototapeta, 2006 rights sold Lubiewo Czech Republic Fra/Agite Finland Like France Editions de l’Olivier Germany Suhrkamp Hungary Magveto Israel Schocken Italy il Saggiatore Lithuania Strofa Russia NLO Slovenia Skuc Spain Anagrama Sweden Modernista The Netherlands Van Gennep Ukraine Nora-Druk United Kingdom Portobello Books (English world rights) film rights sold Before Lubiewo was published I would wake up at night covered in cold sweat and remember that the book is going to hit the market. I felt as someone accustomed to wearing formal suits who was now supposed to undress and stick his ass, and be the first one to do it. It was not only the result admitting my sexual preferences but also because of showing my and other peoples’ sexuality in all its shamelessness, ridiculousness and might. Obviously it caused my hair greying and I was forced to take appropriate measures… Michał Witkowski Witkowski’s language is lively, easy-going and stark – it glitters like a dark suburban street bathed in rain and illuminated by streetlight, as if to give a tangible evidence what a fag’s life really is. FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG An exceptional affection for, let’s say, cursed things, the fallen and scorned world. Witkowski has succeeded in a kind of literary redemption or saving of the reality. You can not want more. ANDRZEJ STASIUK W.A.B. Publishers, Poland, 02-502 Warsaw, Łowicka 31, tel./fax: +48 22 646 01 74, 646 01 75, 646 05 10, 646 05 11; e-mail: [email protected]; www.wab.com.pl recently published 27 Queen Barbara BARBARA RADZIWIŁŁÓWNA Z JAWORZNA-SZCZAKOWEJ 2007 NOVEL, 12,5 x 19,5 cm, hardcover, AUDIO BOOK, 251 pages rights sold Queen Barbara Germany Suhrkamp Russia NLO Slovenia Didakta The Czech Republic Fra The Netherlands Van Gennep theatre rights sold (two adaptations) Behind a barred window of a pawnshop, by a computer confiscated from a debtor, sits a Polish queen, Barbara Radziwiłłówna, and describes his life. Radziwiłłówna is a fat guy with varicose veins, who was clever enough to accumulate substantial fortune. In communist Poland he was selling currency and alcohol on black market, food from a trailer, flowers and melted candles stolen from graves, had a pawnshop. At nights he was counting money and tried on pawned jewellery. But in the 1990s he went bankrupt – and had a vision of the Mother of God… Witkowski’s new book is a vivid description of the world of shady business dealings and the specific charm of tacky kitsch. It is also a witty and linguistically sparkling story about the rebirth of Polish capitalism after many years of the communist regime. Grotesque mingles with lyricism, history with the present day, the unbridled joy of life with the fear of the end of the world. If we treat a language not as a vehicle of meaning, but as a meaning in itself, we can perfectly show what people have in mind. MICHAŁ WITKOWSKI Crazy, satirical Almodóvar-like literature Queen Barbara is a highly interesting linguistic mixture, which does not surprise me, because Witkowski is one of the writers, who know how to twist a phrase. With such excellent writing skills and imagination he could, if he only wanted, rewrite a telephone directory into an engrossing story sparkling with humour. GAZETA WYBORCZA Witkowski comes back with bravado to play with literature – and so do we. POLITYKA Gombrowicz is undoubtedly Witkowski’s mentor – his irony and perversity make us read his books with flushed cheeks. DZIENNIK Rights Director: Blanka Wośkowiak, e-mail: [email protected] recently published 28 © Magdalena Słysz Józef Hen Józef Hen (b. 1923) – a prose writer, essayist, playwright and screenplay writer associated with Polish Film School. He made his debut in 1947 with a collection of memories Kiev. Tashkent. Berlin. Since then he has published more than twenty books of prose, very well received by the critics and the readers and translated into 18 languages. His literary oeuvre includes novels (April, Nobody Is Calling, Crimen), short stories (Dajan’s Eye), memories (Nowolipie, Wonderful Years), diaries (I Am Not Afraid of Sleepless Nights) and essays – biographies of Montaigne (I, Michel of Montaigne) and king Stanisław August Poniatowski (My Friend, the King, nominated for Nike Award 2004). Boy-Żeleński’s biography received ZAIKS Award and was nominated for the Nike Award 1999. The Ping-pong Player PINGPONGISTA 2008 NOVEL, 12,5 x 19,5 cm, hardcover, 224 pages other titles Clown – Great Man. A Story about Tadeusz Boy- Żeleński Boy-Żeleński. Błazen – wielki mąż, 2008 Hen proves that literature is primarily a manner of making reality more familiar. ARTPAPIER.COM The Ping-pong Player is an important book. Personal, but also inseparably related to the tragic history of the 20th century. It’s a literary contibution to the discussion on Polish antisemitism. It’s also belles-letters of the highest order. The inhabitants of a provincial Polish town prepare for a symbolic ceremony: the unveiling of the monument commemorating Jews killed by the Nazis. One of the few survivors from the pogrom is the titular ping-pong player. Mike Murphy has been away from Poland for a long time, having spent many years as a judge in the USA. Now retired, he to the place of his youth. So many things have changed. He used to like to spy on girls doing their washing in the river: that’s all gone now. He has changed as well. Maybe it is a good moment to come to terms with the past… Józef Hen takes up a difficult subject, which arouses strong emotions in Poland – complicated relations between Jews and Poles during World War II. He brings out what’s left unsaid, erased and relegated to the subsconscious. And he does not forget about his reader – a great writer knows how to enchant the words so that they make a unique story. Józef Hen is an excellent commentator and a brilliant writer. He never preaches, he’s not easily excited or upset. His desire is to understand. And he does it with utmost subtlety. DZIENNIK In The Pingpong Player Hen once again manages to seduce the reader with the lightness of his writing. DZIENNIK POLSKI W.A.B. Publishers, Poland, 02-502 Warsaw, Łowicka 31, tel./fax: +48 22 646 01 74, 646 01 75, 646 05 10, 646 05 11; e-mail: [email protected]; www.wab.com.pl recently published 29 Sławomir Shuty © Bogdan Krężel Sławomir Shuty (b. 1973) – a writer, photographer, author of underground movies and happenings. He published collections of short stories Brave New Taste (1999), Sugar Level Normal (2002) and Sugar Level Normal with an Extra Bonus (W.A.B. 2005), the novel Gibbering (2001) and the first Polish hypertext novel Block. Heap (W.A.B. 2004), awarded the prestigious “Polityka” Passport for “literary ear, passion and courage to portray Polish reality”, earned him great popularity. Two of his books were adapted for theatre. Heap was published in Russia. Motions RUCHY 2008 NOVEL, 12,5 x 19,5 cm, hardcover, 264 pages other titles Heap Zwał, 2004 Sugar Level Normal with an Extrabonus Cukier w normie z extrabonusem, 2005 Motions is a challenge put out to the generally accepted ways of writing about eroticism. Everything begins normally: a small town and its inhabitants, yearning for love. But… will there be a girl who receives with open arms not a prince charming but a hairy, lecherous lord of the flies? In this world everything is subdued to his grotesque lust. All points of reference have disappeared. The absurd wields its power over unaware townspeople and drives them to perdition… A paralyzing, compromising and stimulating language brings out new, surprising meanings. Sławomir Shuty is known for overstepping literary conventions. His new book is a literary X-ray of erotic-sexual life of young Poles. The credit for the unusually evocative effect that he managed to achieve must go to the daringly constructed narration with a quickened pace and frantic rhythm. Here the words live on their own and stupefy the reader. Praise for Sławomir Shuty: Reading Motions is a pure pleasure. rights sold Heap Russia Amphora Rights Director: Blanka Wośkowiak, e-mail: [email protected] TYGODNIK POWSZECHNY Motions will probably be perceived as even more provocative than the previous works of the author. EUROSTUDENT One attraction after the other. DZIENNIK recently published 30 Dmitrij Strelnikoff © Marcin Michalaki Dmitrij Aleksandrowicz Strelnikoff (b. 1969 in Russia) – poet and prose writer who writes in Polish and Russian. A biologist by education, a graduate of the University of Warsaw. He participates in a TV show, appears in radio and television. He is also a musician – his songs were released in the series the Bards of Russia. He has published a collection of poems: Homo Mirablis 92004) and a collection of short stories Night Life of Angels (2007). Lives in Warsaw. Russian Month RUSKI MIESIĄC 2008 NOVEL, 12,5 x 19,5 cm, paperback, 320 pages Contemporary, absurd and very Catholic Poland seen through the eyes of a Russian who fell in love with Poland. Piotr Smirnoff – a Russian, divorcee and alcoholic – comes to Poland. He has loads of money but no one knows where from. There is something mysterious and disturbing about him and the people of Warsaw don’t like it. What’s more, he wants to marry a Polish girl. This is where the problem begins. Polish institutions and the Catholic church form a conspiracy to prevent that marriage. Or so it seems to Smirnoff. Poland seen through the eyes of the immigrant from the East turns out to be strikingly different from the general opinion. The author disposes of Polish-Russian resentments with humour and irony. Let’s not forget, however, that there’s at least some grain of truth in stereotypes. Who is to deny that Russian vodka and Polish women are the best in the world? Praise for Dmitrij Strelnikoff: After a close reading of the book we believe that the author enriches (and will do so in the future) Polish culture with mysterious incantations of the Russian art. AKANT Strelnikoff is a writer imported from Russia, the land of Pushkin and Tolstoj, who adapts the best Russian literary and philosophical traditions to the Polish reality, to give justice to the Slav soul. PORTAL DUŻEKA W.A.B. Publishers, Poland, 02-502 Warsaw, Łowicka 31, tel./fax: +48 22 646 01 74, 646 01 75, 646 05 10, 646 05 11; e-mail: [email protected]; www.wab.com.pl recently published 31 © Mikołaj Dzierżanowski Mirosław Bujko Hornet Islands WYSPY SZERSZENIA! 2008 NOVEL, 12,5 x 19,5 cm, paperback, 468 pages other titles Golden Train Złoty pociąg, 2006 Red Bull Czerwony byk, 2007 rights sold Golden Train Brasil (Record) Germany (DTV) Red Bull Brasil (Record) Germany (DTV) First-rate entertaining fiction. CARPENOCTEM.PL Mirosław M. Bujko (b. 1951) – a professor of liberal arts, musicologist, journalist and essayist. He teaches at a college in Warsaw. In his free time he rides horses and trains iaido – a sword-based martial art. In 2003 he published his debut novel Book of Deeds, which was called “the next volume” of Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita. Bujko’s following novels are: Golden Train (2006) and Red Bull (2007), which were bought by publishers from Germany and Brazil. The German edition has become a bestseller. The author is working on his new book. Hornet Islands – the last part of the bestselling trilogy, written by a widely-read author of historical thrillers. World War II comes to an end. Japan capitulates. The USA and the USSR begin a quiet battle in order to take over Japanese fleet and air force. The Soviet intelligence gets on the track of a secret submarine Sen-toku. For general Kotielnikow, who was entrusted by Stalin with modernizing the navy, it is a splendid chance. However, only one man knows the whereabouts of the submarine – his ex-commodore Kaneyasu. How to release him from American captivity and convince him of cooperation? Kira, a sexy and ruthless agent, can be a great help. Kotielnikow does not know they share a certain secret… Bujko’s novel explodes with passion, bewitches with attention to historical details, initiates the readers into the mysteries of the Japanese sword arts. It poses the question whether a man can free himself from the shackles of History and create his own world just like captain Nemo. A safe world. Praise for Mirosław Bujko: Bujko has found a recipe for the construction of an excellent crime story. Carefully balanced human relations, a breathtaking storyline, a story-telling capability and the careful administration of doses of tension. GRANICE.PL Hornet Islands is a story about the meeting of two civilizations and two entirely different human types. Love, betrayal, ruthlessness and honourable service to your homeland. 464 pages of good read. LAMPA Rights Director: Blanka Wośkowiak, e-mail: [email protected] recently published 32 Marek Krajewski Marek Krajewski (b. 1966) worked as classical literature scholar and a lecturer of Latin at the University of Wroclaw. His debut novel Death in Breslau (1999), with which he began the series of detective stories with Eberhard Mock as his hero, started the retro crime novels boom in Poland. The following parts of the series – End of the World in Breslau (2003), Phantoms of Breslau (2005) and Festung Breslau (2006) have had the same success; almost 300. 000 copies have been sold altogether! The author is now working on the next novel which remains a secret. © Artur Paczos other titles Death in Breslau Śmierć w Breslau, 1999 End of the World in Breslau Koniec świata w Breslau, 2003, pocket edition 2005 Phantoms of Breslau Widma w mieście Breslau, 2005 Festung Breslau Festung Breslau, 2006 awards Krajewski’s novels are the best crime novels written in today’s Poland. GAZETA WYBORCZA Polityka’s Passport Award 2005 High Calibre Award for the best detective/thriller novel of 2004 The Lower Silesian Gem of the Year – an award given by “Gazeta Wyborcza” in 2003 rights sold Death in Breslau Croatia Fraktura Czech Republic MOBA Denmark Tiderne Skifter France Gallimard Germany DTV Hungary Magveto Italy Einaudi Israel Keter Books Norway Vigmøstad & Bjorke Russia Azbooka Slovakia Slovart Spain Bibliopolis The Netherlands van Gennep Ukraine Piramida United Kingdom MacLehose Press (English world rights) film rights sold End of the World in Breslau Croatia Fraktura Czech Republic MOBA Denmark Tiderne Skifter France Gallimard Germany DTV Italy Einaudi Lithuania Alma Littera Russia Azbooka Slovakia Slovart Spain Bibliopolis The Netherlands van Gennep Ukraine Fakt United Kingdom MacLehose Press (English world rights) film rights sold rights sold Phantoms of Breslau Croatia Fraktura Denmark Tiderne Skifter France Gallimard Germany DTV Italy Einaudi Russia Phantom Press Slovakia Slovant Sweden Svante Weyler Bokforlag Spain RBA Libros The Netherlands van Gennep United Kingdom MacLehose Press (English world rights) film rights sold Festung Breslau France Gallimard Germany DTV Italy Einaudi Israel Keter Books Spain RBA Libros The Netherlands van Gennep United Kingdom MacLehose Press (English world rights) film rights sold W.A.B. Publishers, Poland, 02-502 Warsaw, Łowicka 31, tel./fax: +48 22 646 01 74, 646 01 75, 646 05 10, 646 05 11; e-mail: [email protected]; www.wab.com.pl recently published 33 Plague in Breslau DŻUMA W BRESLAU 2007 NOVEL, 12,5 x 19,5 cm, paperback, 264 pages rights sold Plague in Breslau France Gallimard Germany DTV Italy Einaudi Spain RBA Libros Breslau, the 1920s. Two prostitutes accept an unusual offer. Soon police find their bodies – they were strangled and their front teeth were knocked out. The case is to be solved by Eberhard Mock, known for his liking for women of loose morals. At the same time a man with a mint breath places an advertisement in a newspaper with condolences for the victims’ families and thus tries to make contact with a powerful and secret brotherhood. Only those ready to murder “a scum” and prove one’s guilt can join the group... Suddenly the roles reverse and the chasing one becomes the chased one... Praise for Marek Krajewski: To work as a classicist one needs to be meticulous and love details. Those qualities also work well for Krajewski as an author of crime novels. FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG An elaborate and intricate plot, mystery, fine language and the ability to build unusual atmosphere – those are the merits of the book. RZECZPOSPOLITA Steeped in a rank air of cynicism and fear, this complex and atmospheric thriller will find many fans, who will eagerly await the rest of Krajewski’s Breslau quartet. THE INDEPENDENT Reminiscent of Georg Grosz. Death In Breslau isn’t just an exciting mystery, it’s the story of lost Fatherland. Wonderful. THE GUARDIAN Eberhard Mock returns and has to face the dark secrets of old Breslau Rights Director: Blanka Wośkowiak, e-mail: [email protected] recently published 34 Tobiasz W. Lipny Tobiasz W. Lipny is a Polish university professor with a range of interests that go far beyond his professional field. In his own words, he hunts without a license and needs to poach to survive. What he likes best is trekking through the forest on horseback; what he likes least is driving. Though maybe not everything he says is true! W.A.B. has already published Lipny’s two earlier novels, Barocco (2006) and The Kurlandian Trail (2007). The Brussels Mission BRUKSELSKA MISJA 2008 NOVEL, 12,5 x 19,5 cm, paperback, 192 pages other titles Barocco Barocco, 2006 The Kurlandian Trail Kurlandzki trop, 2007 The next episode of young art historian Karol’s sensational-erotic adventures, this time in Brussels. The novel begins with Karol receiving news about the sudden death of his uncle, a retired military intelligence man. Not only does it appear that his relative was assassinated, but also that the colonel took some of his secrets to the grave. After a number of visits by assorted spooks from various countries, Karol realizes that once again he is involved in scandal on a grand scale, though the looming danger does not prevent him from engaging in yet another steamy love affair - this time with a beautiful half-Algerian. With its sensational story line, unexpected plot twists, daring erotic scenes, humour and irony - this book displays everything that make Lipny’s prose exceptional. The Brussels Mission, along with his two previous novels Barocco and The Kurlandian Trail, form a trilogy – intriguing, entertaining, and keeping the reader on tenterhooks. Praise for Tobiasz W. Lipny: Not only can Lipny write an engrossing story full of riddles, murders, hidden treasure and raw sex, but he can also skillfully play with literary conventions, borrowing well-known motifs and creatively rewriting them. INDEPENDENT.PL Lipny’s novel is simply gorgeous. Why? Because it is an unusual mixture of detective and historical novel with a surprisingly erotic story line. „GAZETA WYBORCZA” W.A.B. Publishers, Poland, 02-502 Warsaw, Łowicka 31, tel./fax: +48 22 646 01 74, 646 01 75, 646 05 10, 646 05 11; e-mail: [email protected]; www.wab.com.pl recently published 35 Barbara Kosmowska Barbara Kosmowska (b. 1958) – a poet, author of novels and short stories. She holds a Ph.D. in Polish philology and lectures on the literature of the second half of the 19th century. She made her literary debut in the 1970s and published nine novels, which won the main awards in the competitions: “The Diary of Polish Bridget Jones” and “Believe in the Power of Imagination”. © Natalia Kosmowska Hermańce HERMAŃCE 2008 NOVEL, 12,5 x 19,5 cm, paperback, 328 pages One of the most popular contemporary Polish novelist. There is only one place like that in the literary world. And only one village: Hermańce. Don’t let yourself be deceived it’s somewhere in Poland… It is a very contemporary Everywhere with an inn, a church and a clinic of an eccentric doctor. Life goes on here peacefully, girls lose their pants during spring dates, boys – as boys – drink and dream about great future. Fathers spend free time with their lovers and – when such opportunity arises – exchange their wives for chain saws. Even the fact that someone regularly hangs himself on a branch does not surprise anyone. That’s how things are… Only a brutal murder of a retarded girl will shake up the whole village community. A colourful, very vivid language and a pinch of black humour make reading this book a real pleasure. And although we would not want such friends in the real world, the author’s literary talent makes them really hard not to like. Praise for Hermańce: Light and pleasureable reading. WELLNESSLIFE.PL Hermańce is a psychological novel about a small-town community written in such a light manner that it can be both beneficial and entertaining. FEMALE.PL Rights Director: Blanka Wośkowiak, e-mail: [email protected] recently published 36 © Wojtek Modzelewski Monika Rakusa High Fever 39,9 2008 NOVEL, 12,5 x 19,5 cm, paperback, 216 pages rights sold audiobook Monika Rakusa (b. 1966) – social psychologist, journalist, documentary films scripts writer. She studied Polish philology at Warsaw University, currently studies for a Ph.D. at Polish Academy of Sciences. She lives in Warsaw, has two kids. High Fever is her literary debut. The female character of High Fever is almost forty years old, has unorderly thoughts, too ideal second husband and many unrealistic ideas for life. How to make oneself anew, when a Jewish background trauma is impossible to forget, the moments of lack of faith stand in obvious contradiction to preparing lots of cakes for Easter, and the attempts to find meaning of life through psychotherapy, rejuvenating diet, spa or flirt become futile? Monika Rakusa in her quasi-diary describes a woman in crisis with great honesty and self-irony. She boldly interweaves her own experience with fiction, underscores Polish faults and small sins with tongue in cheek. It’s a novel written in fever that you can easily become infected with. Brilliantly written, unusually honest literary debut is compulsory reading for every woman. An exquisite novel! KULTURAONLINE.PL High Fever is a feverish diary describing an attempt to survive in the contemporary world filled with idealised shapes created for the mass audience, a well-hidden fear of old age and fake smiles. A well-written, surprisingly honest first novel. ZWIERCIADŁO A fascinating novel! Unpretentious, unputdownable. I only wish I hadn’t finished it so quickly. I completely recommend it! WE-DWOJE.PL W.A.B. Publishers, Poland, 02-502 Warsaw, Łowicka 31, tel./fax: +48 22 646 01 74, 646 01 75, 646 05 10, 646 05 11; e-mail: [email protected]; www.wab.com.pl recently published 37 Paulina Grych Paulina Grych (b. 1965) is a political scientist and holds a Ph.D. in Fine Arts. Works as an academic teacher and journalist. Lives in Szczecin. She made her literary debut in 2007 with Zero Number, which will be soon published in Russia. Schizo SCHIZA 2008 NOVEL, 12,5 x 19,5 cm, paperback, 424 pages other titles Zero Number Numer zerowy, 2007 A novel of manners by a new Polish writer, who changes observation of reality into a true literary masterpiece. This time madness creeps into the lives of characters. Beata sees angels, Marek has served in the Polish army in Iraq, but could not bear it. Diana – a daughter of an eccentric artist – is an often guest in psychiatric wards. Henry is a business man, who would do anything to cut himself off from his Jewish roots. Seems there is no place for them in the success-driven world. But… Colourful, uncommon characters. Surprising plot. Love and tears, but without mawkishness and cheap drama. Finally – a brilliant portrait of a provincial city, which suffers from inferiority complex. A great book. rights sold Zero Number Russia Ripol Don’t we all go slightly mad sometimes? Praise for Paulina Grych By means of subtle irony and sophisticated sense of humour Zero Number ridicules the pomposity of the right wing, which occupies our minds more and more with every day. That makes Grych’s idea extremely topical and relevant. MARTA CUBER Grych gives floor to those who are usually denied the right to speak. Although they seem to belong to majority. WWW.ONET.PL It is definitely worthwhile. Rights Director: Blanka Wośkowiak, e-mail: [email protected] BIBLIONETKA.PL recently published 38 © Katarzyna Krawczyk Grażyna Plebanek Grażyna Plebanek (b. 1967). She worked as a journalist for Reuters and “Gazeta Wyborcza”, now lives in Brussels. She has published already two novels: Box with Stilettos – first published in 2002 and awarded in a literary competition “The Diary of Polish Bridget Jones” – and best-selling Girls from Portofino, issued in 2005. A Girl Called Przystupa is her newest novel. The author is currently working on her new book. A Girl Called Przystupa PRZYSTUPA 2007 NOVEL, 12,5 x 19,5 cm, paperback, 400 pages other titles Girls from Portofino Dziewczyny z Portofino, 2005 Box with Stilettos Pudełko ze szpilkami, 2006 Plebanek uses colourful language, devoid of the kind of sentimentalism that characterizes female literature. A picaresque novel about a young girl from a small village, who leaves the country to look for a job. By a twist of fate she lands in Warsaw and then in Stockholm, where she works as a cleaner. Entangled in a fight in a seaport, humiliated by housewives, embroiled in unusual relations with her employers, finally suspected of murder. The presence of the main hero triggers an avalanche of events, brings to light dark secrets, releases extreme emotions, which finally lead to crime. Through the eyes of that girl we observe the lives of Polish Catholics, Swedish Protestants, atheists, nature lovers, selfdeclared cosmopolitans and stateless people looking for their roots and traditions. We look at the famous as well as common people “from behind a dustbin” and examine their habits, unusual sexual urges, violent and passionate behaviour, the desire of power and obsession with career, their ups and downs – we uncover what is hidden under the surface of “normality” in “typical” homes. Praise for Grażyna Plebanek: Novel full of gusto, wit, irony, written with tongue in cheek and unusual understanding of picaresque form. LAMPA SZUFLADA W.A.B. Publishers, Poland, 02-502 Warsaw, Łowicka 31, tel./fax: +48 22 646 01 74, 646 01 75, 646 05 10, 646 05 11; e-mail: [email protected]; www.wab.com.pl recently published 39 Lidia Amejko © Danae Ribibitsch Lidia Amejko – a playwright and prose writer. She made her debut in a theatrical monthly “Dialog” with a monodrama When Reason Sleeps, an Answering Machine is Turned On. On Talking. Her plays, staged so far in several European cities, were adapted for radio and television. They were translated into English, German, Croatian, Spanish, Italian and Czech. Her debut, a collection of stories entitled Well-known Stories, was nominated for NIKE Award. The Legendary Lives of Block Saints is her second book. The Legendary Lives of Block Saints ŻYWOTY ŚWIETYCH OSIEDLOWYCH 2007 NOVEL, 12,5 x 19,5 cm, hardcover, 232 pages awards Silver Inkwell Award 2008 rights sold The inhabitants of the Giant Project have their joys and sorrows, but they also have their perverse saints which they tell legends about, while loitering near a liquor store “Jericho”. Saint alcoholics, hackers, tramps, saint prostitutes – this gang, which gives the Great Architect many sleepless nights, lets the common people survive in the world made of concrete and tailor the sense and truth to men’s needs. Here the living communicate with the dead via the Internet, people made of dough have prepaid or contract souls and receive short text messages from God, and a cash register becomes a tool of mystical revelation. The Legendary Lives of Block Saints is The Golden Legend by Jacobus de Voragine transferred into the 21st century. Playing with language and conventions, Amejko interweaves pure nonsense mysticism with philosophical joke and reproaches constructors of this world for small defects and catastrophic errors. The Legendary Lives of Block Saints France Actes Sud Praise for Lidia Amejko: The strongest point of this book is its language. In sketching portraits of the characters and the reality of housing estates, Amejko joins frugal management of words with vivid description. A reader is also bound to find here an absurd sense of humour and gentle irony. POLITYKA Rights Director: Blanka Wośkowiak, e-mail: [email protected] recently published 40 Zygmunt Miłoszewski Zygmunt Miłoszewski (b. 1976) is a writer and editor and also a journalist of Newsweek Poland. In 2005, he published a very well-received novel, The Intercom, and is currently working on a screenplay based on it. The novel has been commissioned by Polish director Juliusz Machulski. In 2006 W.A.B. published his novel for young readers – Mountains of Adders. © Dariusz Iwański Entanglement UWIKŁANIE 2007 NOVEL, 12,5 x 19,5 cm, paperback, 238 pages other titles The Intercom Domofon, 2005 Mountains of Adders Góry Żmijowe, 2006 rights sold The Intercom Entanglement is an exceptionally fine combination of criminal tale and psychological thriller. One fresh Sunday, 5 June 2005, prosecutor Teodor Szacki begins an investigation into a strange case. In a central Warsaw monastery one of the participants of an unconventional group therapy is murdered while they are playing the roles of members of their families. Was the murderer someone from the group? If so, should we look for a motive within themselves or within the people they played during the therapy? The prosecutor believes that only a thorough knowledge of the deceased, who was apparently boring and colourless, and his past will let him discover the motive and so the murderer. Meanwhile, there are family secrets which cannot be disclosed with impunity, they are protected by powers stronger than family. The novel’s trump card is the main character: a man whose youthful face is in contrast to his completely grey hair. A good husband and father, dreaming of an adventure that would turn his ideal life upside down. Germany DTV The Netherlands van Gennep film rights sold Entanglement Germany DTV Russia Ripol film rights sold Praise for Zygmunt Miłoszewski: Chapeau bas! DARIUSZ NOWACKI, NEWSWEEK Miłoszewski impesses with criminal knowledge, intricate plot and splendidly presented Warsaw. PRZEKRÓJ W.A.B. Publishers, Poland, 02-502 Warsaw, Łowicka 31, tel./fax: +48 22 646 01 74, 646 01 75, 646 05 10, 646 05 11; e-mail: [email protected]; www.wab.com.pl recently published 41 Bartłomiej Rychter Bartłomiej Rychter (b. 1978), a lawyer, is fascinated by a world completely different from that of codes and paragraphs. It’s a world of nineteenth century novels – strong, brave men; beautiful but treacherous women. According to Rychter, a good story can do without a distinctive hero, but a full-blooded heroine is absolutely essential. Taxi Driver KURS DO GENEWY 2007 NOVEL, 12,5 x 19,5 cm, paperback, 456 pages rights sold Taxi Driver Germany DTV Denmark Niche film rights sold Cracow, a rainy summer night. A young girl with a backpack gets into a taxi. It seems like the taxi driver, Tomasz Bartel, will have another routine fare. Soon, in the rear-view mirror the lights of another car appear. Clearly, the girl wants to avoid meeting its passengers and suggests double fare to the taxi driver if he can lose the other car. To his surprise, Bartel enters into the game. He doesn’t know that his old Mercedes could now be the most precious car in the world or that the story he has just got involved in started a very long time ago. Taxi Driver is a debut at the highest level. The action of this multiplotted novel takes place in Berlin, Cracow, Prague and Geneva. A sixteenth century tract about sorcery turns out to be the key to the future, which overlaps with the present, creating a perfectly matched puzzle. Rychter makes his debut with a novel of which the masters of the genre, Robert Ludlum or Tom Clancy, would be proud. Praise for Bartłomiej Rychter: Five hundred pages of suspense, intelligent crime riddles and spectacular car chases. NEWSWEEK Rights Director: Blanka Wośkowiak, e-mail: [email protected] It is hard to believe that this is Rychter’s literary debut! A well-constructed storyline, which gradually reveals its real meaning, superbly sketched characters and skillfully conducted narration: his book can be put on one shelf alongside the works of popular American masters of thrillers. CARPE NOCTEM recently published 42 Tomasz Trojanowski Tomasz Trojanowski (b. 1965) – teacher, author of radio plays and TV producer. His debut, Cat Stories (1997), won the Kornel Makuszynski Award for the best children’s book of the year. Other publications include Julka and the Cats (2003) and Cat Stories – New Adventures (2006). W.A.B. published his novel Great Return (2007), nominated for the Book of the Year Award by the Polish section of IBBY and voted the best book for children in the BESTSELLERek competition. Fugitives UCIEKINIERZY 2008 NOVEL, 14 X 16 cm, hardback, 160 pages other titles Great Return Wielki powrót, 2007 Something brilliant for the lovers of animals and good read! TWOJE DZIECKO How a penguin-hockey player get into a freezer, elephants – at a bus stop and absent-minded aliens – in a lost property office? Who and why attacked the customers of the supermarket Sergeant Zygmunt? And finally – where is Frank’s TV set?! A peaceful town is suddenly thrown into chaos. The inspector from Special Section – a specialist in difficult and unusual problems – will have to wrack his brains to connect these peculiar events. What will be the effect of the conducted investigation? Fugitives is a crime story which abounds in funny characters and odd events and which proves that not only TV cartoon characters have fantastic adventures. And that in the end friendship is the most important thing. Praise for the previous books: A cheerful, suspense holding and very liberating history. POLITYKA What is characteristic of Trojanowski’s books is the unpretentious description of the world, with light irony treating the things that highly deserve that. I recommend that book to children and those who like cats, but also to those who like a natural, slightly frivolous way o writing and similar sense of humour. GAZETA WYBORCZA W.A.B. Publishers, Poland, 02-502 Warsaw, Łowicka 31, tel./fax: +48 22 646 01 74, 646 01 75, 646 05 10, 646 05 11; e-mail: [email protected]; www.wab.com.pl recently published 43 Krystyna Kurczab-Redlich Krystyna Kurczab-Redlich – a long-standing correspondent for the Polish media in Russia, a lawyer by education. The author of documentaries about Chechnya, which she has visited numerous times since the breakout of The Second Chechen War, and the book about contemporary Russia Pandrioszka (2000). Honoured with many prestigious prizes for journalists, including the most important distinction for foreign correspondents – the Kazimierz Dziewanowski Award, the Amnesty International Award for the publications on human rights violation in Chechnya, the Melchior Wankowicz Award for her reportage about Chechnya and a Russian award for the reportage about Moscow. In 2005 a Chechen organization “The Echo of War”, Amnesty International and the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights supported her candidacy for the Nobel Peace Prize. Head-on with the Kremlin Wall GŁOWĄ W MUR KREMLA 2007 REPORTAGE, 12,5 x 19,5 cm, paperback, 496 pages rights English Word rights and Asia (exc. of former USSR countries) – Graal Agency, Poland other rights – W.A.B. Publishers A book free of prejudices against Russians, written with sense and sensibility, and with a rare awareness what one writes about. TYGODNIK POWSZECHNY Rights Director: Blanka Wośkowiak, e-mail: [email protected] Krystyna Kurczab-Redlich has lived in Russia for fourteen years. She has worked as a TV correspondent, regularly contributed to dailies and weeklies, made documentaries. “There is nothing here that can be compared to the same thing elsewhere” – thus the author describes the last days of the Soviet Union and the ensuing struggle between democracy and communism. Her aim is to answer the questions: what are the today’s Russians really like? What do they have in common with their forefathers from tsarist times? Are the Russian women lyrical or lascivious? Why do Russians get drunk? Do they really need a strong-arm régime or does the violence inflicted by the state make them grovel? Are the spies, more and more often revealed in Russia, new political prisoners? Who beats Russian democrats, are the citizens really subject to torture, who paid whom for the war in Chechnya? Can the presidents of the United States, Great Britain or France have a clean conscience towards the Russians? Unknown or little known facts about the Nord-Ost terrorist attack or the Beslan school siege, revealed by the journalist, point to the connections between secret service and the terrorists and their role in generating terror in Russia and abroad. Similarly obscure facts about Putin’s life finally explain his phenomenon. 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Bujko Max Cegielski Mariusz Cieślik Andrzej Czcibor-Piotrowski Adam Czerniawski Jacek Dehnel Kinga Dunin Joanna Fabicka Liliana Fabisińska Manuela Gretkowska Manuela Gretkowska, Piotr Pietucha Katarzyna Grochola Mariusz Grzebalski Józef Hen Andrzej Horubała Witold Horwath Grażyna Jagielska Krystyna Janda Radosław Kobierski Marek Kochan Krystyna Kofta Michał Komar Iwona L. Konieczna, Paweł Tomczyk Włodzimierz Kowalewski Marek Krajewski Zbigniew Kruszyński Wojciech Kuczok Tobiasz W. Lipny Krystian Lupa Marek Ławrynowicz Marian Marzyński Irena Matuszkiewicz Cezary Michalski Zygmunt Miłoszewski Anna Nasiłowska Piotr Niklewicz Maria Nurowska łodzimierz Pawluczuk Grażyna Plebanek Sonia Raduńska Rights Director: Blanka Wośkowiak, e-mail: [email protected] Three Skeleton Mountain · Drzymalski vs. the Republic · Good Reason to Kill Nothing · White and Red I · An Open Letter to Queen Victoria · God Smokes Cigars Golden Train · Red Bull Apocalypso · Masala Funny Lovers The Miracle at Esfahan Armenian Narratives Lala · Market Square in Smyrna Taboo · Shame Rudolf ’s Crazy Life · At a Pig’s Trot · Sex and Other Troubles · Tango Ortodonto Amor From Rozkoszna Street · Amor and the Ghost Kidnappers The Metaphysical Cabaret · Passionbook · People: A User’s Guide · Globetrotter · Polka · The European Woman Scenes from Extra-marital Life Never Again! · Heart in a Sling · I’ll Show You! 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