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| Author: | Title: | Description: |
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| Bakiewicz, G. | Bajki dla doroslych | A collection of fairytales for adults by a popular contemporary author. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Bakiewicz, G. | Cos za cos | Julia lives above a network of caves. Three years ago she lost a colleague whist on expedition and this accident has had a big impact on her life. But as they say - when you lose one, another may come your way… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £11.95 | ||
| Bakiewicz, G. | Opowiesc z perla w tle | Weronika is a bored and lazy journalist who fabricates her stories hoping that no-one will see through her lies. One day, however, she discovers that a criminal she made up actually exists in real life and isn't happy with what Weronika wrote about him… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £11.95 | ||
| Banach, I. | Pocalunek Fauna | They shared childhood, thoughts and a great secret. Set apart by a tragic incident, years later a group of friends return to their hometown to reunite, face the difficult past and find out if their friendship survived the test of time. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Baniewicz, A. | Dobry powod, by zabijac | Thriller set in a military base of the Polish peace keeping forces in Turkmenistan, where alcohol and drug fuelled parties are the order of the day. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Baraniecki, M. | Glowa Kasandry | Apocalyptic science fiction by a popular author. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Bator, J. | Piaskowa gora | Early 1970s, a provincial Polish town. Meeting Stefan while waiting for an uncle to pick her up from a railway station seals young Jadzia's fate… A novel about feminity, memory and political struggle. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £18.95 | ||
| Bel, D. | Co go przerazilo? | A classic Agatha Christie-style detective story. Guests arrive at a tiny hotel in Poland and all they want is to relax and rest. But then the landlady is found brutally murdered… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Bienczyk, M. | Tworki | This novel takes place during WWII, when 21 year-old Jurek works in a mental health asylum hiding from the horrors of the German occupation. He finds friends there but soon they start to disappear and nobody knows where to… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Bienkowski, D. | Bialo-czerwony | A humorous and innovative novel about different forms of manliness. The main character is a "new man" - but it seems that the world around him is still the same old one… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £16.95 | ||
| Bochenska, O. | Biala wieza | Marina, a bright young GP, is brilliant at saving other people's lives but she doesn't know what to do with her own. Until one day when she meets Vitto, an eccentric painter who claims they have been seeing each other in their dreams… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Bojarska, A. | Bog pali cygara | Two foreigners meet in Paris. What brings them together? Sex? Fear of loneliness? Or the need to mask yourself in a city that loves dreamy illusions…? |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2004. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Budrewicz, O. | Daleko jeszcze dalej | The author, a well known traveller and journalist, recounts his most exciting adventures which range from meeting a mafia boss and wandering around Brazilian favelas to surviving a major earthquake and flying on the Concorde. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £22.95 | ||
| Budzynska, M. | Jeszcze raz | The romantic encounters of mother and her daughter. Based on a script of a successful film. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £11.95 | ||
| Bujko, M. M. | Czerwony byk | USSR, 1944. An American plane damaged during an attack on Japan makes an emergency landing in Vladivostok. Russians welcome the crew generously but will not allow them to leave... Will their Captain with a help of an attractive double-agent be able to save them? |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £19.95 | ||
| Bukowska, P. | Niezidentyfikowany obiekt halucynogenny | This critically-acclaimed debut novel is the coming-of-age story of a young man. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Chmielewska, J. | Harpie | A fortune left by an old woman for her young relative and a jealousy of the girl's aunts form the background for a series of amusing criminal incidents. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Chmielewska, J. | Mnie zabic | Mrs Tompkins's car is stolen and found a few days later with a corpse in it. The dead body belongs to an old acquaintance of Mr Tompkins… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Chmielewska, J. | (Nie)boszczyk maz | A bestselling novel from Poland's most popular author of easy, ironic crime fiction. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £17.95 | ||
| Chmielewska, J. | Porwanie | On a lazy afternoon a game of bridge is interrupted when police troops enter a flat searching for a kidnapped man. A brave group of family and friends decide to help the detectives in trailing the dangerous gang. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Chmielewska, J. | Romans wszechczasow | A light mix of crime, intrigue, romance and humour from the most popular Polish author of the genre. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Chmielewska, J. | Traktat o odchudzaniu | A collection of comic essays, short stories, notes and thoughts on the topic of losing weight by one of the most popular writers in Poland. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Chmielewski, W. | Brzytwa | A collection of short stories which have one thing in common: they are about normal people, young or old, rich or poor, all trying to deal in their own way with life and the world of 21st century. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Chutnik, S. | Kieszonkowy atlas kobiet | Life in an apartment building in Opaczewska Street in Warsaw flows slowly and softly for the colourful mosaic of its inhabitants. Nothing signals a catastrophe. But it comes… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Cwiek, J. | Gotuj z papiezem | A collection of 10 stories, where fantasy intertwines with reality in a most unusual way. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Czarkowska, I. | Slomiana wdowa | Financial problems force a young man to emigrate to the UK. His wife's longing for him suddenly changes when she due to a series of comic incidents and a bizarre mystery involving a befriended family. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £9.95 | ||
| Czechowska, J. | Goodbye Polsko | The story of a Polish family living in Britain since 1964, tracking the events of a grandmother who returns to Poland and suffers under Communism, a mother trying to overcome wartime memories, and the new generation struggling to reconcile their British and Polish identities. A must-read for anyone who has lived in Britain. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £7.99 | ||
| Czepiel, E. | Jasne blekitne okna | Beata and Sygita grew up together in a provincial town and swore nothing would ever part them. Beata chose a successful career in the big city while Sygita got married and had a daughter. Years later they meet to reminisce and compare… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Czubaszek, K. | Patron | Invited to New York by Matt, the only living member of a Jewish family, Jakub learns the truth about his grandfather - a local hero of the WWII. These two men depict the attempts to come to terms with the uneasy past of Polish-Jewish relations. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £9.95 | ||
| Darda, S. | Dom na wyrebach | Many of us desire an idyllic life in the countryside and so does the main hero. But his cosy cottage holds unknown forces and the neighbours are not who they appear to be… A chilling thriller a la Stephen King. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £11.95 | ||
| Deborog - Bylczynski, M. | Kolej na los | In this debut novel a young neurotic is desperately seeking metaphysical inspiration and normal relationships with others, fulfilment and order amidst chaos. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Debski, E. | Hell-P | Mystical fantasy thriller. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Debski, E. | Wladcy nocy, zlodzieje snow | A cynical detective accepts an unusual commission from a mad, but wealthy old lady. On the point of solving the case, events take an unexpected turn. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £16.95 | ||
| Debski, L. | Café szafe | A collection of amusing, ironic and sometimes melancholic stories told by the eccentric regulars of a well known Krakow coffee shop. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Debski, R. | Gwiazdozbior kata | A novel about the life of an unusual man. He is intelligent, educated and experienced in his profession, executioner. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Degorska, I. | Najwysza pora na milosc | Ania is a widow and a single parent who wishes to find a man. Her esoteric-loving sister-in-law decides to help her, and whether by accident or destiny, suddenly she has two men in her life. And her daughter and mother are both in love too… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Dehnel, J. | Balzakiana | A collection of four tragicomic novelettes from modern Poland. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £17.95 | ||
| Dehnel, J. | Lala | A fascinating account of the life of the main character, the eponymous Lala, who, born 1919, has managed to survive some of the most horrific events in the history of mankind. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £17.95 | ||
| Dehnel, J. | Rynek w Smyrnie | The first edition of a collection of short stories from 1999-2002 by a massively popular contemporary author. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £17.95 | ||
| Drotkiewicz, A. | Dla mnie to samo | A novel about the painful side of human relationships and how people come to terms with suffering and loss. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Drotkiewicz, A. | Teraz | Karolina, a successful lecturer and an intelligent, ambitious woman, struggles to become closer to the people around her. In her fight with herself, she discoveres here and now is the only place to be. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Drozdzyk, S. | Identyfikatory | Short passages - grotesque, stirring, surreal ¬ casting light on seemingly humdrum scenes of a daily life. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £11.95 | ||
| Dukaj, J. | Lod | A long-awaited new novel by the most popular contemporary science fiction author in Poland. It is 1924 and WWI never happened. Poland is ruled by Russian tsars, Warsaw is under eternal ice and then there are the cruel alien frost angels… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £23.95 | ||
| Dukaj, J. | Wroniec | Long awaited novel by a bestselling author - a magical tale of one winter night, a phantasmagorical vision of lost childhood, and a captivating depiction of communist reality seen from the perspective of a young boy |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £17.95 | ||
| Dunin, K. | Zadyma | A collection of sharp and topical essays by a popular writer and literary critic who is the founder of feminist literature in Poland. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £11.95 | ||
| Dutka, W. | Bractwo Mandylionu | Fascinating multidimensional historical thriller taking place in the dark Middle Ages in Europe and the Middle East during the times of the crusades. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Dutka, W. | Taniec szaranczy | Paris, 1940: Soviet spy Trepper is preparing for a secret mission. Paris, 1998: in the building where Trepper used to live, an old man is murdered and the investigation reveals it was meant to be a revenge against the former spy… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Dygat, M. | Kupic dym, sprzedac mgle | A nostalgic story of three women - three generations of one family - Duna, who was a famous actress in the pre-war period; Julia, who finds it absolutely impossible to communicate with her loved ones; and the young, rebellious Honorata. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £16.95 | ||
| Dzido, M. | Malz | A daring and morally provocative literary debut about young people who try to make sense of their lives through sex. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Dzikowski, B. | Brokat w oku | Roch Sadowski has a really wild year - he dropped out of his degree to start a career, his uncle is in the prison, his cousin becomes the self-appointed leader of a neo-pagan movement and there is a little dog that just never stops barking… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Filipiak, I. | Absolutna amnezja | Fictional memoirs of a woman, her long lost innocence and her personal development against the background of changes in society. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Franczak, J. | Przymierzalnia | A young writer seeks the sense in shallow existence through observing ordinary people, their games and maskarades and exploring everyday situations. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Gacek, K. & A. Szczepanska | Zabojczy spadek uczuc | When an enamoured woman wants to marry her fiance and her best friend begs her not to do it, it can only end in "I do" or… a death! |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Galuszka, A. | Miedzymiasto | A reflection on loneliness of the generation of contemporary nomads - techno-mads, people lost in the space in between the cities, business meetings and each other. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £10.95 | ||
| Giszczak, J. | Fladry, gazele, zyrafy | A sensual novel set in Paris about searching for love in all its varieties - carnal, emotional and platonic. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Golebiewski, L. | Disorder i ja | The story of two outsiders, punks who, at the time of rapid economic and social transformation in Poland, refuse to follow the new order of capitalism. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Golebiewski, L. | Xenna moja milosc | The story of one big unfulfilled love against the background of the wild punk underground in 1980s Poland. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Gombrowicz, W. | Ferdydurke | In this bitterly funny novel, the hero narrates the story of his absurd transformation from a confident 30-year-old man into a paranoid teenage boy… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Gretkowska, M. | Kobieta i mezczyzni | A psychological satire about relationships amongst the contemporary generation of Poles torn between a free-spirited lifestyle and the strong religiousness of their upbringing. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Gretkowska, M. | Namietnik | A collection of five short stories about human sensuality and sexuality from different angles. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £8.95 | ||
| Grochola, K. | Krysztalowy aniol | Sara has just found out about her husband's affair and come to realize that she finds her dream job for a popular radio station overwhelming. She decides to speak about her doubts and sorrows in an empty studio late at night. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £17.95 | ||
| Grochola, K. | A nie mowilam | Sequel to Grochola's chick-lit bestseller, "Nigdy w zyciu". Judyta and her family are back for more romance, amusing adventures and even a crime mystery… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £16.95 | ||
| Grochola, K. | Osobowosc cmy | Story of eight friends whose lives go different ways only to intertwine later at the most unexpected moments. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Grochola, K. | Podanie o milosc | A collection of romantic chick-lit stories by the most popular author of the genre in Poland. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Grochola, K. | Trzepot skrzydel | Hanka is married, has a good job and owns a house. She loves and is loved. So why is she not happy? Because in her life, things are not as they seem at first… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Groniak, Z. | Siostra i byk | To avoid the consequences of a drunken fight, successful stockbroker Lewicki sings an agreement to cooperate with counter-intelligence to multiply their profits. When he falls for young nurse, he suddenly becomes a problem for the state… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Gronski, R. M. | Lokatorzy Pana Boga | A marriage of a rabbi and a young student causes a scandal which reveals the true face of, and the divisions within Jewish circles in post-Holocaust, communist, ideologically anti-religious Poland. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £9.95 | ||
| Grych, P. | Schiza | Jenny is an artist, Diana postpones pregnancy because lunatics do not need children, Beata speaks with angels, Marek is trying to escape his mad aunt and Henry is looking for love. Some of them live in mental asylum, some could be your neighbours… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £16.95 | ||
| Grzedowicz, J. | Wypychacz zwirzat | A collection of best short stories by a popular fantasy author. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Grzegorczyk, J. | Niebo dla akrobaty | An intriguing story of an unusual set of people, their loves and lives, destinies and hopes, about the strength of a fragile human in an unforgiving world. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £16.95 | ||
| Grzela, R. | Badz moim Bogiem | A young journalist sees a familiar looking woman in the Warsaw metro. Later he realises it was Erika, the widow of Borys, a writer who died in tragic circumstances. While trying to find her he discovers some shocking information about his own family… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £16.95 | ||
| Gucewicz, K. | Pogrzeb wrobla | A nostalgic and poetic look at the author's childhood and youth. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Gulda, P. | Siedemnascie sekund | A group of successful thirty-somethings reflect on their lives so far. Have they been faithful to the ideals of their youth? Funny and thought-provoking. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Gutowska-Adamczyk, M. | Serenada | A young actress from a provincial town lands a great opportunity - she gets an offer to play the leading role in a vastly popular soap opera. But will she be able to survive in the harsh world of show-business? |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Halyszyn-Dygas | Podroz do siebie | This lyrical story of first love combines the main plot written in prose with a collection of poems expressing the deepest feelings of the heroes. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £10.95 | ||
| Harny, M. | Wszyscy grzesza | Rita Koenig, the wife of one of the richest men in Poland, drowns in mysterious circumstances. Journalist Adam starts his own private investigation, but unfortunately he had already accepted a job in her husband's company. And suddenly everyone seems to be pursuing him… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £9.95 | ||
| Harton, A. | Granice raju | The lives of criminals, prostitutes and drugs addicts in a poor housing estate as they desperately try to break the cycle of apathy and boredom… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Hempowicz, M. | Julia i mezczyzni | A romantic comedy about an ordinary woman and her struggles with men - her husband on one side and a teenage love reappearing in her life after years on the other… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Huelle, P. | Castorp | A novel loosely based on motifs from the works of Thomas Mann. The protagonist falls in love with a mysterious Polish woman and discovers the darkest recesses of his soul. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2004. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Huelle, P. | Opowiesci chlodnego morza | Atypical mythology of the seaside, where the characters, lonely and lost in atomised society come to confront with their nostalgic longing for past happiness and the eternal human search for ultimate truths. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Huelle, P. | Ostatnia Wieczerza | The city of Gdansk has changed a lot in the near future - mosques stand next to churches and there are mysterious explosions - some think these are Islamic extremists, some blame the local wine producer... A vivid picture of religious tension and the meaning of faith in Poland. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Inglot, J. | Porwanie sabinek | A member of a resistance movement as a student, later a journalist fighting for democracy in post-communist Poland, he now organises the trafficking of young women to Western Europe. A story of lost faith and dreams, which appeared to be only illusions. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Iwasiow, I. | Bambino | A colourful panorama of people who find themselves in Szczecyn after WWII and are trying their best to rebuild their lives. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Jablonowska, N. | Wielka milosc w Myszkach Malych | A trip from the capital to the beach was meant to be an escape for a 33-year-old Magdalena. Will she find the peace she seeks? And maybe even a significant other? |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Jagielska, G. | Fastryga | Story of three generations of women whose lives are marred by domestic violence. Will someone be able to break the cycle of evil? |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Janko, A. | Dziewczyna z zapalkami | Bestselling feminine novel by a contemporary writer. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Jankowski, A. | Altana | Summer 1997. Maria and Maks, an elderly couple, have never taken life too seriously. Suddenly, when a huge flood cuts their housing estate off from the outside world, they need to rise to the challenge and take responsibility. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £11.95 | ||
| Janowski, A. | Opowiesci niezwykle | Seven charming stories where the past merges with the future. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Jasnyk, B. | Kaktus w sercu | The long awaited first novel 'written' by a character from a popular Polish sitcom about a group of young professionals. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Kacprzyk, A. | Klinika kukiel | They thought that they knew everything about each other. Six friends go hiking in the mountains and in the wilderness all their passions, obsessions and complexes reveal themselves. And their fates become dangerously interlinked… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Kacprzyk, A. | Matylda | Matylda is a twentysomething girl with a crazy family, beautiful legs, an enormous ego and a rat named Duchamp. She dreams of becoming a famous artist but life has prepared a completely different scenario for her… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £9.95 | ||
| Kaczanowski, A. | Awersja | When I was ten, my mother left us and went to live with my dad's best friend. When their son was ten, she left again - this time running away from creditors and the police. This is a story of her, other strong and unfathomable women and my life… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Price: £10.95 | ||
| Kaczorowski, A. | Praskie lowy | A juicy novel about love, eroticism and literature in Prague. Roman Slomecki, a Polish man, returns to the Czech capital after many years and looks for the life used to lead. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Kalicinska, M. | Dom nad rozlewiskiem | A calming and heart-warming story about a countryside house and women that make it what it is: the harmonic, idyllic family haven we all dream of - a Polish "Year in Provence". |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Kalicinska, M. | Milosc nad rozlewiskiem | Continuation of the popular family saga known to the reader from 'Dom nad rozlewiskiem' and 'Powroty nad rozlewiskiem'. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Kalicinska, M. | Powroty nad rozlewiskiem | A prequel to"Dom nad rozlewiskiem". |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Kalinowski, J. | Ksztalt ciemnosci | A young bishop is found murdered in a bloody Satanist ritual. Inspector Hagen is called to solve this mystery under the piercing eye of the Pope's special delegate. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Kamieniecka, A.E. | Dziewczyna z Buenos | A novel about the lives of several young Poles living in Amsterdam. The author beautifully depicts the city as a multicultural, postmodernist Babylon. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Kapuscinski, R. | Jeszcze dzien zycia | The world-famous journalist and writer spent three months in Angola observing the civil war and recorded the experience in a collection of breath-taking essays. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Karpowicz, I. | Cud | An atypical love story between a man and a woman. The problem is that she is alive but he is dead... Absurd, disturbing, horrific and incredibly enjoyable novel by a promising new author. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Karpowicz, I. | Gesty | A novel about loneliness, silence and estrangement in everyday life written by one of the most critically-acclaimed authors of the young generation. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Kaszynski, M. | Martwe swiatlo | Memories of the tragic incident in which his whole family died start coming back to Piotr, after he wakes up in a hospital. He must recall the truth to prove himself innocent of the crime. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Kedzierski, M. | Cena honoru | After being declared dead, an ex-commando returns to find himself yet again in the brutal reality of the criminal underworld. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Kedzierski, M. | Meska sprawa | Adam is not an ordinary assassin - he was trained by Poles, Soviets and Americans. He has seen massacres in Afghanistan and Africa. When he is guaranteed immunity from prosecution, he returns to Poland to start a new life - or revenge the old one… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Klejnocki, J. | Poludnik 21 | Special agent Nawrocki and his assistant become suspicious of the investigation into the murder of a well-known architect. The clue seems to be in the articles the man had written for a Warsaw newspaper… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Klimko-Dobrzaniecki, H. | Raz.dwa.trzy | A coming-of-age tale that combines poignancy with bawdy comedy telling the story of a wild cast of characters in Polish Silesia. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Kobierski, R. | Harar | A man psychologically scarred for life as a child suffers depression and anxiety as an adult until he feels the joys of love and fatherhood. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Kochan, M. | Ballada o dobrym dresiarzu | A collection of short stories all set in Warsaw. The characters, who come from different social and professional circles, seem unable to cope with high demands of city life… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £11.95 | ||
| Kochan, M. | Plac zabaw | A relationship according to new rules - she works and he takes care of the child. Where will it lead? A new novel by a popular author. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £18.95 | ||
| Kochanska, L. | Meksykanski romans | For both mother and daughter, every attempt at finding a job or a man ends in complete disaster. Will the discovery of a voucher for a trip to Mexico in a pack of crisps become a turning-point in their lives? |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £6.95 | ||
| Kochanski, K. | Zabojca czarownic | A fantasy journey into the future, to the mysterious planets and post-apocaliptic worlds, where advanced technology exists side by side with magic. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Kofta, K. | Wiory | Stalinism in Poland as seen through the eyes of a child. The author shows how children tried to make sense of the world in which their families, schools and the church all demanded different kinds of loyalty. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Kofta, K. | Zlodziejka pamieci | A mature, successful female writer has an affair with a younger man. Its tragic consequences force her to re-evaluate her Polish Jewish family's complex past. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Komuda, J. | Wilcze gniazdo | A young Polish aristocrat sets out on a journey to Ukraine to claim his heritage. But among the people he meets, dark passions are beginning to stir… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Konatkowski, T. | Przystanek smierc | Two suspicious deaths on the Warsaw tram network - Inspector Adam Nowak, good old-fashioned street cop, is starting his investigation in shady underground of Warsaw… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £16.95 | ||
| Kopecki, T. | Mediapolis | Abel has found out how to switch the propaganda-broadcasting TV off and became a rebel against the system. When the woman he loves converts and joins the brain-washed citizens, Abel decides to stand against the corrupt city alone. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Kopecki, T. | Psy i rycerze | A gripping military adventure story set during WWI. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Koprowski, Sz. | Balkon na krancu swiata | In his literary debut, Koprowski, presenting the community of the isolated urban street, reveals how prejudices, the inability to forgive and stubbornness can lead to conflict and tragic misunderstandings. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Koryl, J. | Smierc nosorozca | A magic-filled story about what is important in life and what only appears to be… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £9.95 | ||
| Koryl, J. | Zegary ida do nieba | The story of a sleepy village in an out-of-the-way part of Poland: a crazy man burying watches to stop time, a priest, drunks, religious women and as a sign of the "new times" two beautiful Ukrainian females looking for an easier life. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £10.95 | ||
| Koryta, M. | Ostatnie do widzenia | A popular detective killed his wife and daughter and then commited suicide - or so does the police believe. His father, however, thinks that his son was murdered and the woman and child are still alive. So he hires two detectives who reach a surprising conclusion… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Kosciow, A. | Swiat nura | The quiet, uneventful life of a thirty-something antiquarian bookseller changes one day into a series of mysterious events that lead him far beyond the everyday reality he was used to… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Kostecki, T. | Smuga grozy | A detective becomes a main suspect in a murder committed whilst he is investigating a mysterious blackmail related to a long-forgotten events. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Kotarska, M. | Gdzie ja mialam oczy? | What does a woman do when she finds out her man has been unfaithful? Anything! Destiny has given her another chance! First she needs to get away like Marta, the heroine, who moves back to her parents' house and changes the life of one sleepy village… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Kotowski, K. | Kaplan | A mystical thriller about an ancient religious brotherhood. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Kotowski, K. | Marika | A political thriller from present-day Poland full of former KGB agents, Polish special services, nosy journalists and mysterious murders… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Kotowski, K. | Noc kaplanow | Young priest Krzysztof is a patient in a Warsaw mental asylum. He claims that he has lived through the whole history of mankind. Everyone thinks he is insane until a very old and secret Christian denomination starts to be very interested in him… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £16.95 | ||
| Kotowski, K. | Oblawa | Political thriller by a popular author. Two brothers seize power in the country. A ruthless fight between supporters and opponents begins. A renowned journalist and his female secret agent sidekick must take one of the sides… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Kowalewski, W. | Excentrycy | Winter 1957. Fabian comes back from his long exile in England to start a jazz band in a small Polish town. A story of the post-war generation trying to rebuild their spirit through art. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Price: £17.95 | ||
| Kowalik, H. | Corka Kaina | Growing up as a daughter of politically involved murderer cast a shadow over Anda's whole life. When, in her forties, she finds a chance for happiness, she needs to find courage to reveal the truth about her father. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Koziarski, D. | Socjopata w Londynie | A collection of short stories about the lives of Polish immigrants in London. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £10.95 | ||
| Kozlowska, A. | Czerwony rower | A story of growing up and friendship - full of conflicts and competition, but strong and for life, evolving into a history of women with difficult pasts that still cast shadows over their present lives. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Kozlowska, A. | Trzy polowki jablka | Teresa has a job, a husband and two kids. She is happy but sometimes can't stop thinking what her life would have been like with someone else. And then she meets Marcin, her former lover… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Krajewski, M. | Dzuma w Breslau | Inspector Eberhard Mock and wartime Wroclaw return in another breathtaking crime novel. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Krajewski, M. | Festung Breslau | Breslau, end of World War 2: The Red Army is on the outskirts of the city and both Germans and Poles are anxious to leave. Meanwhile, Inspector Eberhard Mock sets out to find the murderer of a well known antifascist campaigner… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £9.95 | ||
| Krajewski, M. | Glowa Minotaura | The beloved Inspector Eberhard Mock is back in the newest instalment of a crime series set in 1930s Wroclaw. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Krajewski, M. | Koniec swiata w Breslau | Second part of an award-winning series of psychological thrillers set in 1930s Wroclaw. Inspector Eberhard Mock continues with his investigation. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2003. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Krajewski, M. | Smierc w Breslau | First part of an award-winning series of psychological thrillers set in 1930s Wroclaw. Beautiful women, degenerate aristocrats, members of sex sects and a serial killer on the prowl… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Krajewski, M. | Widma w miescie Breslau | Third part of a series about Inspector Eberhard Mock. This time he has to unravel the mystery of the brutal murder of four young men dressed as sailors. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Krajewski, M. & M. Czubaj | Aleja samobojcow | The body of disabled pensioner is found in an old people's home. Another resident, an expert in rituals and denominations, disappears without a trace. And inspector Pater starts a secret investigation… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Krall, H. | Zal | A collection of fictional stories about the Polish-Jewish-German relationship in the past and today written by a popular journalist. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Krenz, K. | W ogrodzie Mirandy | Miranda, a 28 year-old lawyer, is building a successful career but then she discovers that she is pregnant. The father-to-be is not interested - fortunately - because thanks to her business trip to Cambridge her life takes a surprising turn… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Kropiwnicki, A. | Zajezdnia Londyn | A collection of stories about the destinies of seven people who decided to try their luck in the capital of the UK. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Kruszona, W. | Wyrwane z pustki | Historical fiction concentrating on the destinies of the people living in the small German town of Kolberg. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Kucharski, R. | Normalna polska rodzina | A collection of humorous short stories about the typical modern Polish family. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Kuczok, W. | Sennosc | The story of three men: Adam is a young doctor looking for a partner, Robert is a writer in the middle of a crisis and 'Pan Maz' longs for a baby with his wife, an actress at the top of her career. What they all have in common are unfullfilled hopes… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Kuczok, W. | Widmokrag | The lives of three completely different characters: a lonely woman missing her late husband; a young businessman coming to terms with his sexuality; a middle class boy smitten with an older woman. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2004. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Kujawska, E. | Dom Malgorzaty | Malgorzata and Hildegard, two women robbed of everything by the war, have been forced to live together. They mechanically avoid each other, each suffering their own pain. But eventually a fragile relationship begins to form… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £16.95 | ||
| Kurowski, B. | Love parade | Two friends, a Polish worker and German Neonazi, explore the underground life of contemporary Berlin. First novel by the well-known author of studies of counterculture. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Kuryluk, E. | Goldi | A beautiful literary description of childhood and growing up in post-Second World War Poland. The novel was nominated for a number of awards. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Kuzminscy, M. & M. | Sekret kroke | A dark mysterious crime story set against the background of WWII Poland will capture the imagination of readers who enjoy Dan Brown's novels. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Kwiatkowski, T. | Druga szansa | A couple of people who do not know each other. Their ways of life lead them step by step closer together. Is there such thing as a destiny? A debut novel by an author who lives permanently in London. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £10.95 | ||
| Kwietniewski, A. | Blondynka z miasta Lodzi | A classic detective story set in the 1970s and in 2003. The real reason for a murder is buried deep in the past and there is only one way to solve it… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Landau, I. | Przeczucie | Renata is a lonely aging woman who does not expect anything from life anymore. Suddenly, she finds out she has a family, a sister. But her beloved sister does not want to know her nor admit they are sisters. Why? |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £11.95 | ||
| Lapinski, B. | Kebab z kota | Szymon sets on a journey. But then he is hit on the head and loses his memory. And he is abroad without any documents on him. And that is just the beginning… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Laszuk, A. | Dziewczyny, wyjdzcie z szafy! | A collection of life stories and interviews with Polish lesbians, drawing a fascinating picture of Poland from the less-than-average point of view. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Price: £16.95 | ||
| Ledzewicz, U. | Nie tracac nadziei | World War II: A young married couple leave their son in their servant's care as they flee the Soviet army. Years later, they settle in America unaware that their only child is still alive in Poland. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Lem, S. | Solaris | Science fiction masterpiece by famous Polish writer Stanislaw Lem, a psychological drama set in space which is both, a gripping page-turner and a profound exploration of the potential of the science fiction genre. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £11.95 | ||
| Lemanska, H. | Aneczka | A novel about a young journalist and her struggles with life. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Lemanska, H. | Chichot losu | Joanna is young, single and successful. One day her phone rings and her life is turned upside down. She finds out that from tomorrow she will have two children and a dog to look after. How will she cope? |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Lewandowski, K. T. | Bogini z labradoru | A mysterious and occult story taking place in 1920s Warsaw around the then-head of state and chief of the armed forces Marshal Pilsudski. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £10.95 | ||
| Lezenska, K. | Alez Marianno! | Marianna and Michal are in a relationship, but each of them has a lot of emotional baggage. Will they be able to leave their past behind? |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Lezenska, K. | Kamien w sercu | What else can happen to a man in his late thirties whose ex-wife demands alimony for her cats? Or to a 30-something woman who already came to terms with her ex's lies? But when Dasza and Marcin meet, their lives change more than they expected… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £11.95 | ||
| Lipny, T. | Barocco | An eminent art historian accidentally discovers an Italian Renaissance masterpiece. At the same time his assistant falls in love with a beautiful red-haired woman. Suddenly the painting disappears and all three are drawn into a dangerous world of crime and sexual intrigue… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Lipny, T. W. | Kurlandzki trop | Who is murdering people interested in the fate of art pieces that disappeared from the Kurlandzki Art Museum? And who can solve this mystery? |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Lozinski, M. | Reisefieber | Daniel arrives in Paris for his estranged mother's funeral. Determined to learn as much as possible about her final months from her friends, lovers and shrinks, he discovers more and more about himself. A stunning literary debut. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Lubelska, K. | Zycie tam i z powrotem | A novel about love and politics in Poland after the collapse of communism. The characters struggle with personal problems as well as readjusting to a new historical context… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £11.95 | ||
| Luft, M. | System argentynski | Tymon Berg, a commercials director, is commissioned to do a job in Nice for one of the richest businessmen in Poland. Once there, he discovers that the nature of the job is not quite what he expected… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Lukasinska, D. | Piata pora roku | Five stories merged into a single plot about five women who all have different views on what it means to be loved, successful and happy. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Macios, K. | Wszyscy mezczyzni mojego kota | Living in Krakow - "the party capital of Poland" - Ada struggles to do something sensible with her life. However, her plans are constantly disturbed by either a hangover or her cat, allergic to all males. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Malczewski, R. | Od cepra do wariata | A collection of short stories about and from Zakopane, an interesting area in Poland on the border with Czech Republic and Slovakia, where people, nationalities and lifestyles mix and dissolve in a true Central European melting pot. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £9.95 | ||
| Malecki, J. | Bledy | A gripping and scary horror about a mysterious old man terrorizing everyone around. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Malecki, J. | Przemytnik cudu | Bestselling mysterious horror set in Poland. Not suitable for under 18s. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Malicki, M. | Kogo nie znam | Maciej Malicki, the hero of this book, finds himself surrounded by people who die or disappear after being mentioned in weird writing that has appeared around the town… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £11.95 | ||
| Malinowska, E. | Taniec nad przepascia | A dark fantasy - none of your usual fairies and elves - about betrayal, an unscrupulous fight for power and deadly magic. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Marchocka, M. S. | Taniec z gronostajem | Can a story about alcohol abuse, violence, despair, fear and lost hope have a happy ending? You will find out in this novel. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £10.95 | ||
| Markowska-Radziwilowicz, E. | Paprochy | A story where the emotional and intellectual development of the main character is beautifully juxtaposed with dramatic historical events which have shaped the Polish spirit in the second half of the 20th century. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Maslowska, D. | Miedzy nami dobrze jest | In her typical broken language, Maslowska derides Polish identity, drawing a picture of three generations of women, related but living in different realities, dreaming about a better life yet all equally numb and shaped by the past. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £11.95 | ||
| Maslowska, D. | Paw krolowej | A hilarious satire on the world of media and celebrities set in contemporary Warsaw written in an experimental yet highly readable style. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Masternak, Z. | Chmurolap | A well-written recollection of the author's childhood and youth in a remote village in the Polish hinterland. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Masternak, Z. | Scyzoryk | The life and adventures of a young man from a remote Polish village who tries hard to get out into the wide world. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Mathea, G. | IV Rzeczpospolita | Armed terrorists raid the Polish parliament building as the new president is sworn in. Faced with a crisis, political elites show what they are really made of… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Mathea, G. | Spadek | A Polish revolutionary dies during the Texas War. His heir in Poland offers officials a gigantic sum for an investigation but they refuse. Then a new official takes up the case - the only person willing to solve this mysterious death… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Matusiak, A. | Wywar | A changed Europe in the near future. On a quest to save his beloved woman and find the magic brew, a man gets involved in a series of strange, thrilling incidents. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Matuszak, M. | Zamykamy, ale ladne moga zostac dluzej | With the subtitle of "a city story", this is an encounter with Polish youth in contemporary Warsaw. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Matuszkiewicz, I. | Nie zabijac pajakow | A critically-acclaimed detective story by the Polish "Agatha Christie". |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Matuszkiewicz, I. | Przebudzenie | The memoirs of Jadwiga, an ordinary Polish woman who has lived throughout the whole 20th century and its turbulent times. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Matuszkiewicz, I. | Przeklete, zaklete | A collection of five life stories of five women from one family. Five generations covering the whole of 20th and the beginning of 21st centuries. Five destinies that are so different and yet have something in common… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Michalski, C. | Gorsze swiaty | Political thriller set in contemporary Poland. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Miklasz, A. | Polska szkola boksu: Powiesc emigracyjna | Four men from Krakow decide to try a new life in provincial English Buckby. How will they cope with the cultural differences and their new lifestyles? |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £9.95 | ||
| Miller, M. | Pozytywni | A young, successful, fashionable man is suddenly confined to hospital and diagnosed with AIDS. One of the first novels to deal with the subject. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £11.95 | ||
| Miller, M. | Zakret hipokampa | A young medical student is sent to do his training in a children's hospital in a sleepy, remote town in eastern Poland. When he accidentally finds out about paedophile orgies organized in the hospital by an international gang, he starts his investigation… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Miloszewski, Z. | Uwiklanie | Warsaw, June 2005. In the centre of the city an unconventional form of group therapy is taking place - the participants are playing the roles of their relatives. After a particularly intensive session, one of the participant is found murdered. But who is the killer? |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Mossakowska, Z. | Ich dwoje i Julia | Marianna and Damian have a successful relationship. But then they meet Julia and everything changes. Being in a love triangle isn’t as easy as it seems... |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Mostowik, M. | Akrobatki | A novel about banal incidents, which, though meaningless and insignificant at first glance, can actually profoundly change human lives. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £8.95 | ||
| Mostowik, M. | Histeryjki o May | A collection of short stories about women and everyday situations in their lives by a popular contemporary author. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £11.95 | ||
| Mostowik, M. | Wyrzuty | (A)typical urban love story of a waitress - man-eater,a notoriously unemployed woman, always running away even when nothing is hunting her, a taxi driver who can only stand women when they are asleep and his friend, who pretends to be someone else… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £10.95 | ||
| Mozdzioch, J. | Chlopiec z aluminiowym kubkiem w dloni i inne opowiadania grozy | A collection of twelve horror stories. For adults only. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Mularczyk, A. | Katyn - post mortem | A historical story about the murder of thousands of Polish military officers by the Soviet secret police during World War II. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Mysliwski, W. | Kamien na kamieniu | The story of two brothers which takes the reader through the history and tradition of the Polish countryside. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £18.95 | ||
| Mysliwski, W. | Traktat o luskaniu fasoli | A masterful memoir of a man balancing his life - the war years, youth, work abroad, the return to his country along with the myriad experiences that make up a human life. THE WINNER OF A PRESTIGIOUS LITERARY PRICE NIKE 2007. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £17.95 | ||
| Nachacz, M. | Bocian i Lola | A metaphysical description of the main character's search for reality, which forever seems to escape him. Dense and rewarding prose. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Noszczynska, D. | Blondynka moralneho niepokoju | A humorous, relaxing and optimistic novel about the life and loves of a young, slightly mad woman. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Noszczynska, D. | Historia nie Magdaleny | When Magdalena is abandoned by her husband for another woman, she decides to visit an aunt she hasn't seen for years. But when she arrives in the small village, her mysterious visions and childhood nightmares return… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Noszczynska, D. | Hormon nieszczescia | 23 year old Mirka is unlucky with men and in the search for love she decides to try hypnosis. But untrained playing with one's psyche do not always end well… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Noszczynska, D. | Moglo byc gorzej | Julia, a wealthy 36-year-old mum-of-two, is trying to divide her time equally between her private life and work and finding the right balance between her needs and those of her family. Her world starts to fall apart when her man decides to emigrate… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Nowak, K. T. | Kobieta w wynajetych pokojach | Crazy, brave and full of irony and humour - a novel about life of a forty-year-old woman who lives alone. Her life by no means resembles the notion of "old maid", she is intelligent and independent, has an interesting job and lots of men around. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £11.95 | ||
| Nowakowski, M. | Chlopak z golebiem na glowie | A new edition of the 1979 collection of short stories from the undisputed master of the genre in the Polish language. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Nowakowski, R. | Rdza | Written in the spirit of Philip K. Dick and "The Matrix", this is an apocalyptic vision of Poland ruled by an Asian cult. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Nowosad, J. | Czerwone oczy | A fantasy thriller set partly on Earth and partly in Hell. Hell, however, is not what we normally think it is… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Nurowska, M. | Niemiecki taniec | On New Year's Eve, Eliza is reminiscing about her young years spent in Pomorze. At the same moment, Marianna is dying of AIDS in Africa. Will they, at the end of their lives, have the courage to face the family secret that separated them years before? |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Nurowska, M. | Rosyjski kochanek | A 50 year old Polish woman falls in love with a younger man, a Russian historian living in Paris. Will their love last despite their differences? |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Nurowska, M. | Tango dla trojga | A young actress happily falls for an older man; however, she cannot stop thinking about the woman she replaced in his life. Driven by this obsession, she plans to stage a play about herself, him, and his ex-wife. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Obuch, M. | Diabelska ewolucja | An international group of scientists set off to search for prehistorical findings in the heart of Africa. They struggle to overcome their differences but are forced to stick together when a local religious sect starts to intervene in their work. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Odija, D. | Niech to nie bedzie sen | The inhabitants of a small village are an interesting and individual collection of people. But Adam Nowak, a writer who has returned to his hometown after a painful divorce, seems to have troubles distinguishing berween reality and his memories… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Olejniczak, J. T. | Noc szaranczy | A dark, mystical fantasy novel. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Onichimowska, A. | Trzecie oko | Imagine this: you are sitting on a sofa and suddenly you do something entirely strange and unexpected. As if you were not even in charge. But what if you are not? |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £10.95 | ||
| Opoka, T. E. | Wszystko o Edycie | The life story of a woman who in the turbulent times after the fall of Communism tries her luck and becomes a successful businesswoman. That, however, does not stop her from pursuing the phantom of love… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £9.95 | ||
| Oramus, M. | Kankan na wulkanie | Tragicomic vision of the future of Poland and European Union in the year 2019. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £10.95 | ||
| Orbitowski, L. | Trace cieplo | A voluminous novel about the friendship among men and boys. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £19.95 | ||
| Orszulewski, D. | Schab od Armaniego | An experimental novel set in contemporary Poland. The main theme is the characters" struggle to find themselves in the new political and social reality. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £11.95 | ||
| Osikowicz, M. | Dawca | Have you ever dreamt of owning a shiny new Harley-Davidson? This absorbing novel about the life of bikers in Poland might be the right book for you… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £10.95 | ||
| Palka, J. | Na klopoty Bazylek | Touching and amusing conversations between seven-year old Bazylek and his father. A must read for parents and children. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Parys-White, D. | Emigrantka z wyboru. Opowiesc londynska | The true adventures of Polish immigrants in London in a thrilling and funny story. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £10.95 | ||
| Pasewicz, E. | Smierc w darkroomie | An illegal gay pride parade takes place in Poland. Amongst others, a young gay man called Igor is taken for interrogation. A couple of hours later he is found dead in a well-known gay pub in the centre of the city… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Patykiewicz, P. | Rajskie zorze | A new fantasy story by a popular author. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Paukszta, E. | Wiatrolomy | Captivating story of a young forester taking his first post in a remote area and attempting to win over the locals and to cope with the natural elements. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £11.95 | ||
| Pawluskiewicz, J. | Telenowela | Ironic comedy about Polish showbusiness. The heroine, Maja, works as an assistant to a scriptwriter of a popular soap opera and uncovers the not-so-glossy life of the "TV people". |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Piatek, T. | Blogoslawiony wiek | A futuristic vision of the world in which technology has undergone rapid progress but people's moral and religious ideals haven't changed at all. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Piatek, T. | Heroina | A terrifying yet fascinating literary account of one man's struggle with his heroin addiction. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2004. Price: £9.95 | ||
| Piega, A. | Klub Dobrej Wiadomosci | Years ago, three classmates started a ladies' club. Now Olga feels that something is missing in her life, Hanka desires change and Weronika, a successful woman, hides some not-so-pretty secrets. Can their club help them sort their lives out? |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £9.95 | ||
| Pilch, J. | Marsz Polonia | Dreamlike and mesmerising, this book combines romantism and paradox, martyrology and sport, Communism and sex, creating an unusual depiction of Polish national sanctities and paranoias. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Pilch, J. | Moje pierwsze samobojstwo | A collection of ten stories by one of the most important contemporary Polish writers. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Pilipiuk, A. | 2586 krokow | A collection of short stories from a best-selling sci-fi author, with fantasy, adventure and at the same time philosophical insights into the nature of mankind. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Pilipiuk, A. | Czerwona goraczka | Another collection of science fiction short stories by a popular author. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Pilipiuk, A. | Homo bimbrownikus | A new collection of fantasy stories, named by critics "a Polish response to Conan the Barbarian". |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Pilipiuk, A. | Rzeznik drzew | A collection of short stories by one of the most renowned contemporary authors. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Pisarzewska, K. | Halo, Wikta! | Lenka, a gangster's wife, wakes up one morning in a state of complete amnesia. Having only her intelligence and intuition as a guide, she has to construct herself from scratch, surrounded by the absurd but dangerous reality of the criminal underworld. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Pisarzewska, K. | Koncert lgarzy | In this dark comedy a body of an author of mediocre romances is found in her flat, covered with a pile of correspondence from the taxman. A typescript of her last novel disappears. Private detective Owaki comes to help to break a network of lies. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Piwowarski, K. | Homo Polonicus | Controversial and provocative satire of the sins and shortcomings of contemporary Poles. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £9.95 | ||
| Plebanek, G. | Dziewczyny z Portofino | The trials and tribulations in the lives of four women in communist Poland; empty shops, indoctrination, emigration, romantic problems. Moving and eye-opening women's fiction. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Plebanek, G. | Przystupa | Through the eyes of a young Polish cleaner, the author describes the secret lives of seemingly normal, wealthy and happy Europeans. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Plebanek, G. | Pudelko ze szpilkami | Marta comes from a provincial town but she has been very successful professionally in Warsaw. However, unexpected pregnancy and quick marriage force her to redefine what it is that she wants from life. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Podsiadlo, J. | A moj syn… Wybor felietonow | A collection of essays from a well known Polish journalist and writer. The topics cover range from fatherhood and football to cooking and… vacuum cleaners. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £16.95 | ||
| Poplawski, K. | Rok taty | Left to raise his four daughters on his own after his wife decides to leave, a middle-aged discovers the real taste of parenthood. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £11.95 | ||
| Powierza, A. | Jak zostac slawna | The funny, tongue-in-cheek story of the everyday life of a soap opera starlet. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Protasiuk, M. | Struktura | First Polish corporate science-fiction novel. A young white-collar worker, for whom his job in InnCorp seems the only chance for achieving anything, finds himself in a middle of conspiracy aimed at the mysterious structure behind the corporate life. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Prusky, W. | Ballada o chaosiku | A printed version of the most popular blog in Poland in which a father expresses the male view of raising children. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Prusky, W. | Jedrne kaktusy | A book version of one of the most popular and funny blogs in Poland. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Radunska, S. | Biale zeszyty | An intimate diary of a mature woman, mother of two children, who tries to find herself after her husband's death. A subtle literary description of a fight against depression. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Radunska, S. | Kartki z bialego zeszytu | The intimate diary of a mature woman. Her children have grown up and left the nest and she is alone. But she does not mind - instead she gains inspiration from it and finds harmony. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Redlinski, E. | Awans | A brand new novel, full of humour and optimism, by a popular writer. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £9.95 | ||
| Redlinski, E. | Bumtarara | A collection of short stories and essays about the USA from a popular journalist. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Redlinski, E. | Konopielka | Comic novel about the difference in mentality between Polish villagers and the city dwellers and the sometimes hilarious incidents when these two groups collide. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £8.95 | ||
| Redlinski, E. | Listy z rabarbaru | A collection of short stories about the countryside, juxtaposing small village mentality with the intensity of urban life. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £10.95 | ||
| Redlinski, E. | Telefrenia | The main character, a computer engineer who is addicted to newspapers, the Internet and television, tells the story of his virtual romance with Catherine Deneuve. Continuously bombarded with information, he can't tell the difference between reality and fantasy… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Rochala, P. | Basn sredniowieczna | An epic story based in the medieval times of witches and knights. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Romanowski, Z. | Imiona honoru | Spring 1939. Wanda cannot decide whether she loves architect Pawel. Lieutenant Tolski ponders how to end his affair. Professor Kostecki wonders whether there will be a war. And Lieutnant von Buchendorf finds out that his fiancee is due to join a death march… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Rozpedowski, H. | Charleston | A literary confession of a man whose life has gone wrong. Spanning six decades and set in various locations around the world, the novel is quietly ironic, amusing and warm, but at the same time also sad and shocking. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2002. Price: £17.95 | ||
| Rudnicka, O. | Czy ten rudy pies to kot? | Sequel to "Martwe Jezioro". Ulka, Beata's friend, gets involved in a love affair with her boss. When the romance comes to light, she is forced to leave town, and is accidentally suspected of being a wanted criminal. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £9.95 | ||
| Rudnicka, O. | Martwe Jezioro | Beata, an independent thirty-something woman, starts to suspect that her family might not be biological. She hires a private detective to find out the truth but without a success. Will she manage to discover what lays behind the shadows of the past? |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £8.95 | ||
| Rudnicki, J. | Smierc czeskiego psa | A collection of expressive stories with a common theme: misplacement and detachment from oneself. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Rutkowski, K. S. | Brudne historie | A collection of 17 short stories written in a very masculine, often vulgar and provocative fashion. An original account of contemporary issues and man-woman relations. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Rybakowska, A. | Nell | Reaching her 40s, Natalia did not expect she could get involved in a passionate romance with a handsome, but dangerous man, who systematically destoys everything valuable to her. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £16.95 | ||
| Rybaltowska, B. | Bez pozegnania | Family saga telling the story of mother and her daughter against the backdrop of the 20th century. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Rybaltowska, B. | Romanse w Paryzu | In the Bohemian circles of Paris of the '80s a passionate love between two young artists blossoms. Yet, love does not always come at the best time… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Rygiel, K. | Ekspedycja Kolitz | A mysterious thriller about dark secrets hidden for centuries in the ruins of an old monastery and uncovered by a archeological expedition. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £11.95 | ||
| Rylski, E. | Czlowiek w cieniu | In the early 90's, a notary from Warsaw is on holiday in Russia. He is extremely bored with his job and life. And here, free from all distractions of the modern world, he attempts to change it. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £11.95 | ||
| Rylski, E. | Warunek | Two Polish soldiers serving in Napoleon's army make a daring escape. Although they hate each other immensely, in order to save their lives they are forced to show some mutual trust… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Rylski, E. | Wyspa | Four stories about people who are not feeling quite themselves - Monika's partner gets involved with a drug gang, an old Polish emigrant tries to block out memories of his homeland, an eccentric priest finds out the church wants to excommunicate him… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £16.95 | ||
| Rymkiewicz, J. M. | Wieszanie | A breathtaking story about life in Poland at the end of 18th century. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £17.95 | ||
| Rzepecki, T. & K. Rodewald | Delfin z szafiru | A story of a young man from a small village who leaves his hometown to find happiness. His life is a struggle, but his incredible talent of understanding horses helps. And it is also through horses that he meets Agnieszka, a nice village girl… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £17.95 | ||
| Sadowski, W. | Przybywajacy | A heart-stopping thriller about the hunt for a murderer nobody has ever seen. As the number of victims grows and evidence remains non-existent, people start to wonder and fear… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Samozwaniec, M. | Blekitna krew | A famous satirical story about the Polish aristocracy by a queen of the genre. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Samozwaniec, M. | Krystyna i chlopy | Krystyna got married, gave birth to a lovely boy, got divorced, had a number of lovers but she never wanted to stay with any of them… A humorous and ironic view on the relationships between men and women. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Samson, H. | Flesz. Zbiorowy akt popswiadomosci. | Gossiping about celebrities as part of a research campaign for a new women's magazine leads to very intimate confessions about everyday trivia, sex, problems and disappointments… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Samson, H. | Milosc. Reaktywacja | A psychological novel about unrequited love, which, paradoxically, can be a source of happiness and fulfilment. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £16.95 | ||
| Sapkowski, A. | Lux perpetua | A long awaited sequel to a bestselling historical novel "Bozy bojownicy". |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £16.95 | ||
| Sapkowski, A. | Zmija | A brand new novel by one of the most popular Polish authors. Set during the conflict in Afghanistan, it combines fantasy with brutally realistic depiction of war. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Sawicka, M. | 7 kolorow teczy | Combining prose and poetry, letters and diaries, this book becomes a celebration of life and love, sometimes through tears, sometimes through laughter. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Sawicka, M. | Demi-sec | A dark novel which can be easily described with one question: How well do you know the person you share your life with? |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Sawicka, M. | Kruchosc porcelany | An intelligent story of a normal woman, her loves, friendships, pains and happiness but most importantly - independence. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Sieniewicz, M. | Rebelia | Written by one of the most controversial Polish authors of the young generation, it is a vision of uprising of old people - a "geriatric rebellion" against pop culture and the cult of youth. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Price: £17.95 | ||
| Skowronski, J. | Byl sobie zlodziej | He was a thief. He stole from the rich, gave nothing to the poor. He was never caught - until that day. When he left his flat, someone was already waiting… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Skubisz, M. | Lo story | The story of a group of young high school students, their sadistic teachers, boredom and stress that disappear with the help of various substances, mainly alcohol bought secretly from Ukrainian smugglers. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £10.95 | ||
| Smigielska, K. | Berzeretka bez przepisu | Ewa, a forty-something woman disenchanted by her collapsed relationship, returns to her hometown to start afresh. Her return brings back memories from her childhood and family life, but can it also bring back her old love? |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £9.95 | ||
| Socha, N. | Ketchup | A novel about the obsession with being trendy. Adas Jebutko designs tacky scarves but thinks that with a little bit of decent PR the craze with catch on… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £11.95 | ||
| Sokalska, A. | Melodia konca swiata | First publication of a young writer who in her short stories explores human identity and the changes people undergo before an inevitable end. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Sokolowska, Z. | Druga strona recepty | A 40+ medic, dreams about life change. She pictures herself in the kitchen, preparing delicious treats for a family. One day she decides anything is better than loneliness and a hated job and sets out on a journey to make her dreams come true. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Sowa, A. | Umrzec w deszczu | The brutality of the Balkan war irreversibly alters a famous photographer's perception of the world and himself. After returning, an unfulfilled love and painful memories drive the man to an extreme decision… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £11.95 | ||
| Sowa, I. | 10 minut od centrum | "10 minutes from the centre" is not a particular place. More a state of mind or holding a mirror to the ever-changing presence. For many it means a loss or a punishment. For the author, however, it is a chance to show the true nature of humans. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Sowula, K. | Zero osiemset | Ten short stories depicting ordinary people and their destinies living in a busy metropolis at the beginning of the 21st century. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £11.95 | ||
| Stabryla, S. | Zlote jablka Afrodity | Bestselling collection of ancient Greek stories, legends and myths about love written by a leading Polish scholar and a populariser of ancient civilisations. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Stalewski, P. | Kubus i templariusze | This novel has two interlinked plot lines - first, it is a realistic picture of contemporary Poland and secondly, the surreal life story of a schizophrenic man. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £10.95 | ||
| Stamm, W. | Czarna Matka | Wlodek is a typical Polish loser. His life is a series of half-baked experiences: his poorattempts at love in his youth, his lukewarm anti-communist stance, early marriage, his politically and economically motivated emigration… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £16.95 | ||
| Stasiuk, A. | Ciemny las | Science fiction. Dark and dangerous but also alive and truthful - that is the Forest in the East. Secure and providing but predictible and boring - virtual House in the West. How can these two completely different worlds cooperate? |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Stasiuk, A. | Fado | A literary journey through Eastern Europe bringing together its past and its future. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Stasiuk, A. | Taksim | A "road novel" by highly acclaimed author, Two minor tradesmen spend their lives selling second-hand clothes around Europe, only occasionally realizing there is more to life than cheap alcohol, disrespect and struggle. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £16.95 | ||
| Stawska, A. E. | Smierc w klasztorze | Murders don't take holidays and nor do the police. Inspector Lewicka was planning to relax in a luxurious hotel which used to be a monastery. But this changes when she goes for a walk and finds the body of the hotel director… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Stec, E. | Romans z trupem w tle | After finding out about her fiance's affair, Agnieszka gets completely drunk. When she sobers up, she starts plotting her revenge… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Stokowski, M. | Samo-loty | A humorous and slightly nostalgic look at life in communist Poland which nevertheless dispels the myth that it was some kind of lost paradise. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Strachota, J. | Oprocz marzen warto miec papierosy | Life is weird. Especially if you have a very special sense of humour… But a hero of this book, a guy from Warsaw, also has a great powers of observation - and a gift to make even the most ordinary of situations sound exciting. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Strozynski, P. | Chaos i swinska skora | A tongue-in-cheek story that takes place over the last 20-odd years. The main character - true to the punk motto 'chaos is my life' - does everything he can not to grow up, finding the only sense in alcohol and nihilism. Can (lost) love change his life priorities? |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £11.95 | ||
| Suminski, A. | Efemeryda | An intriguing and suggestive story about love and eroticism in the contemporary world. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £11.95 | ||
| Swiderska, H. | Drogi i bezdroza | A tragic story of a Polish family exiled after the WWII from their home town in western Ukraine and forced to settle in an unknown area, close to the new border with Germany. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Swierczek, M. | Bestia | 1864. Captain Julian Basowski, a Pole in the Tsar's army, kills an important person in a duel. To curry favour with General Murawjow, he starts to investigate the mystery of brutal murders whose victims are Russian soldiers. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Swietlicki, M. | Dwanascie | In this story, the plot twists and turns in the most unexpected ways, the characters are strong and believable, a psychological description is mixed with new observations about society and all is full of action and surprises… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Swietlicki, M. | Muzyka srodka | A collection of poems by one the most innovative and original Polish poets writing today. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £11.95 | ||
| Swietlicki, M. | Trzynascie | A gloomy crime story and a novel about love all in one that takes place over thirteen days in May 2006. A new government, the visit of a Russian porn star, preparations for the Pope's visit and the death of a woman… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Syrwid, M. | Zaplecze | Starving herself in order to achieve a perfect body becomes the only aim of young Klara. But the illusory feeling of superiority over her cruel father and fatter peers leads her to paranoia. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Szalek, E. | Kamieniczka | Life in and around a single block of flats in focus: childhood memories, lost dreams, immigration, homosexuality, helplessness - all of these treated in an perceptive, but delicate manner. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £10.95 | ||
| Szczepkowska, J. | Jak wyprostowac kolo? | A collection of fascinating essays capturing the essence of human existence by a well known Polish actress. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £16.95 | ||
| Szczepkowska, J. | Kocham Paula McCartneya | In mid-1960s four girls from Warsaw fall in love with The Beatles. That shouldn't mean much - but it does. And their meeting years later reveals some dark secrets. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Szczygielski, M. | Berek | Pawel - an urban gay man - and Anna - a conservative elderly lady - live in one house. Neither of them wants to accept the lifestyle of the other and their resentment towards one another escalates into a dramatic confrontation. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Szejnert, M. | Czarny ogrod | Documentary work about Giesche - one of the major coal processing companies - through which the author reveals the history of Silesia, Polish-German relations and the reality of life in the area. Contains photographs and reprints. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £19.95 | ||
| Szewc, P. | Bociany nad powiatem | Set in a small, dreamy Polish and Jewish town before WWII, the novel describes a world which is gone for ever. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Szlendak, T. | Leven: Opowiesc o torunskim kupcu, krwawych zbrodniach, spiewajacych zabach i czupurnej piekareczce | An amusing novel about Nicolas Leven, a trader who plans to develop his business. But first, he has to solve a murder mystery… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Szpilewska, J. | Dom wdowy | Can a person lead a normal life after surviving a war? The optimistic story of a young woman finding herself alone in 1995 postwar Yugoslavia and rebuilding her life. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Szwaja, M. | Artystka wedrowna | A beautiful opera singer finds it hard to juggle her successful career and being a model housewife. Her husband is getting increasingly annoyed… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Szwaja, M. | Dom na klifie | In classic romantic novels it is easy - she meets him and falls in love, they have some problems and in the end they live happily ever after. This book is different - she wants a baby, now all she needs is to find a future father… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £10.95 | ||
| Szwaja, M. | Gosposia prawie do wszystkiego | After years of being trapped in a destructive relationship and despite her academic qualifications, Maria decides to work as a housekeeper and, participating in her employers' lives, she finally re-discovers the joy of life. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Szwaja, M. | Klub malo uzywanych dziewic | The heroines of this novel are four interesting and intelligent women who, however, have a problem - they fail to succeed in finding a suitable men. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Szwaja, M. | Stateczna i postrzelona | Two girlfriends open a small rural hotel to escape one's millionaire, gangster ex-boyfriend, but he's not the type to forgive and forget… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2004. Price: £11.95 | ||
| Szwaja, M. | Zatoka trujacych jabluszek | New adventures of the four heroines known to the reader from the book 'Klub malo uzywanych dziewic'. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Szygenda, A. | Wszystko gra | Barnaba, Lukasz and Jarema live comfortably but they are bored. Inspired by the virtual world, they create their own real game. They install cameras and microphones in their flats, start dating girls and wait - who will manipulate them better? Who will win the "game"? |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £11.95 | ||
| Szymanska, J. | A wlasnie ze tak | A story of four women of different ages who all at certain points in their lives have to decide whether they want to fulfil their dreams or conform. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £9.95 | ||
| Szymczyk, J. | Ewa i zloty kot | A young journalist from Warsaw can smell a sensational story from a distance but also has a talent for getting into trouble… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Terakowska, D. | Poczwarka | A married couple in their thirties have everything; love, great careers, financial security. However, the birth of their disabled daughter, the eponymous Chrysalis, tears their world apart. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2003. Price: £11.95 | ||
| Tokarczuk, O. | Anna In w grobowcach swiata | The latest book by a popular Polish author is based on the Sumerians" myth about Inannia, goddess, who goes to an underground world to compete with her sister, the ruler of the death. And she comes back… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Tokarczuk, O. | Bieguni | The most eagerly awaited novel of 2007 by one of the best contemporary Polish writers engages us in series of masterfully interlinked plots that have one thing in common: travelling. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £17.95 | ||
| Tokarczuk, O. | Lalka i perla | A travel diary in which the author follows the Parisian trail of Stanislaw Wokulski - the protagonist of "The Doll', probably the most loved novel ever written in the Polish language. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Tokarczuk, O. | Prawiek i inne czasy | A bestselling novel set in prehistoric times. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Tokarczuk, O. | Prowadz swoj plug przez kosci umarlych | After her neighbour is killed in the mysterious circumstances, a retired teacher picks up the murderer's trial. Yet neither police nor the villagers believe a single word she says. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Tomaszewska, M. | Ulica grozy | In the author's own words: "This is not horror. It is not porn. This book is as crazy as the world we live in". |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £8.95 | ||
| Topornicka, A. | Pierwsza osoba liczby mnogiej | Agnieszka, known from authors previous novel "Cala zawartosc damskiej torebki", decides to return to one of her previous partners, together with whom she is once again trying to learn the meaning of the word "we". |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Tubylewicz, K. | Wlasne miejsca | A young and successful woman from Warsaw marries a Swede and relocates to Stockholm. A novel about being an immigrant which will strike a chord with anyone living outside their home country. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Tulli, M. | Skaza | A square in a big city with a tram station - an ordinary setting for the extraordinary lives and destinies of the people living, working or simply loitering there... Nominated for the prestigious Nike Prize 2007. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Tuszynska, A. | Cwiczenia z utraty | A dramatic account of the last year of a loving relationship between the author and her husband dying of brain cancer. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Twardowski, I. | Archiwum Soni | Bialy leads a powerful criminal group. Adam, formerly a successful TV reporter investigating unsolved crimes, attempts to cut himself off from his past. But once Sonia, Adam's girlfriend, dies, the real war is about to start. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £10.95 | ||
| Twardowski, I. | Interwencja Soni | A sequel to a popular novel "Archiwum Soni", this time set around a Polish patrol in Afghanistan. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £11.95 | ||
| Various | Babskie gadanie | An anthology of contemporary female Polish authors. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Various | Goraczka. Opowiadania wyuzdane | A collection of short stories about love, sex and eroticism - the ultimate read for the hot summer nights! |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Various | Listy milosne | A collection of short stories in the form of love letters by popular authors. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Various | Nasze polskie wigilie w opowiadaniach | A collection of 21 Christmassy stories written by popular Polish writers and accompanied by a free audio-CD with Christmas carols. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Warda, M. | Czarodziejka | An artist dies in mysterious circumstances - his death unleashes a series of events that leave three women totally stranded… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £11.95 | ||
| Warda, M. | Ominac Paryz | Four women, a big city, romantic disappointments, problem children, career worries. Will they ever find happiness in the merciless metropolis? |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Wasilewska, K. | Bajecznice | Stories about themselves that people believe in lead them to finding their own ways in life. Young women play their roles of mothers, wives and employees in the fairytale of everyday, full of happiness, but also of fear and unexpected. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £9.95 | ||
| Wasilewska, K. | Zazdrosnica | When one day the life of a down-to-earth 30-year-old turns upside down, she escapes to seek peace in her grandmother's house.Staying with the seemingly mad old woman causes a transformation in her. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £10.95 | ||
| Waszkiewicz, W. | Ostry odjazd | After taking V12, soldiers become supermen: they don't feel pain or tiredness. But the effects are not only positive - when the addicts do not have it they go mad, are able to speak with the dead and see into the future… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Wawryniuk, B. | Motyl na szpilce | What to do in a big city where you do not have a job, a partner, support or even a perspective? Especially when you are a naïve, romantic village girl with ambitions and an inferiority complex who wants to prove that you can achieve anything… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £9.95 | ||
| Weresniak, P. | Zabili mnie we wtorek | HE is young and rich but nobody knows where he gets his money from. He drives an expensive car, wears designer clothes, always carries a box with white powder and multiple mobile phones. Then he is gunned down. The end? No, just the beginning! |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Wisniewski, J. | Los powtorzony | A moving and erudite story of rebellion against destiny through portraits of contemporary Poles and their attitudes to loyalty, honour and death. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2004. Price: £11.95 | ||
| Wisniewski, J. L. | Bikini | The long-awaited new novel by a popular author about Anna, a young German from an anti-fascist family, whose unusual journey from a war-torn Dresden to a heavenly Micronesian island promises an extraordinary read. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £17.95 | ||
| Wisniewski, J. L. | Intymna teoria wzglednosci | A collection of short stories about the deepest and most intimate recesses of human soul. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Wisniewski, J. L. | Molekuly emocji | A collection of stories in which the author, a man, tries to get to the bottom of what it means to be a woman. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Witkowski, M. | Barbara Radziwillowna z Jaworzna-Szczakowej | The rise and fall of a pawnshop owner creates a pretext to a thorough description of Polish society as the 1980s come to an end. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Witkowski, M. | Fototapeta | A collection of short stories by a young controversial author with the recurrent theme of the illusion that contemporary consumerist societies have created. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Witkowski, M. | Lubiewo | A controversial no-holds-barred portrait of the Polish gay community in the Communist era, looking at sexual obsession and homosexuals as both victims and perpetrators of crime. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Witkowski, M. | Margot | One of the most controversial and enjoyable international successes of this young author. A disturbing novel about the deceitfulness of the media and show business. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Wojasinski, R. | Piekno swiata | Collection of short stories by the prizewinning author. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Wojciechowicz, M. | Slodka Polsko | Max is married and successful, but also disillusioned. He goes to the US, where on the strength of his friendship with an ex-Soviet soldier who fought in Afghanistan, he is recruited by the CIA to mastermind the assassination of Osama bin Laden. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Wojnarowska, E. | Niekochani | An eighteen-year-old girl seeks her dying mother's lover to find out why she had tried to commit suicide. The unravelled mystery leads to an even greater tragedy… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Wollny, M. | Kacper Ryx | A picaresque historical novel about dark secrets, mysterious plots and mighty kings. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Wollny, M. | Krew Inkow | Set at the end of 18th century, the novel tells the story of the last Incas who, chased by Spanish Inquisition, seek refuge in a small Polish castle… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £16.95 | ||
| Wolski, M. | EuroDzihad | A small French town is shocked by a massacre of homosexuals; a train full of Jewish businessmen is blown up. A previously unknown organization called EuroDzihad claims responsibility and the war on terror begins… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Wolski, M. | Kaprys historii | Fascinating plot taking the reader through different continents and several decades to depict the everlasting battle between good and evil. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Wolski, M. | Klucz do Apokalipsy | Labelled as the Polish answer to "The Da Vinci code", this is a story of the ancient mystery a Polish student accidentally uncovers in contemporary Greece. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Wolski, M. | Miejsce dla dwojga | Marek has the amazing ability to separate his soul and body, but at work for a mysterious pharmaceutical company his soul cannot re-enter. Can he save his beloved despite his immaterial existence? |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Zaczynska, M. | Gonic kroliczka | The glossy world of media, women-men relationships,political deception and the feminist movement - this is a witty portrayal of contemporary Poland with lots of humour on the side. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Zajdel, J. | Paradyzja | The inhabitants of a space colony out of contact with Earth for 100 years have been deprived of fundamental human rights. Facing censorship, they have to devise a new means of communication… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2004. Price: £11.95 | ||
| Zamojski, D. | Aleksandra Zamojska jest mezczyzna | Fascinating and moving story about a man trapped in a woman's body and his struggle to come to terms with his real self. First ever treatment of transsexuality in Polish literature. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Zanko, D. | Opowiesci z powielacza | Krakow, December 1981 - a time of repression, propaganda and queues in front of empty shops. A group of students fight the system by publishing illegal pamphlets while trying to understand the situation and find true values in life. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Zaraska, M. | Zawieszeni | "Poland is nice, even nicer when you look at it from a distance, knowing that it is somewhere there - pretty and full of ideals", says the heroine of the book while making Canada her new home and dealing with problems and feelings every emigrant knows. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Zaremba, P. | Romans licealny | Set in a mediocre high school in Warsaw, the novel presents the reality of Poland undergoing a change of political regime, focusing on the attitudes, expectations and fears of three generations of Poles - teens, parents and both young and older teachers. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Ziemkiewicz, R. | Cialo obce | First contemporary novel from a well known author of fantasy books. The main character tries to understand how it is possible to love a woman to bits at first and then, fifteen years later, treat her as your worst enemy. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Ziemkiewicz, R. | Michnikowszczyzna. Zapis choroby | Merciless examination of political and social developments in Poland since 1989 by a popular and controversial journalist. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £16.95 | ||
| Zietek, P. | Motel Piekielko | In a state of alcohol intoxication, Czarny Piotrus takes a computer-game-like journey through the ambiguity and gloom of the midnight city to fight for love and moral values on the way to his final destiny - Motel Piekielko. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £9.95 | ||
| Zuczkowski, T. | Torowisko | A humorous story about the illnesses of today's world - the decay of human relationships, shifts in sexuality, crises of faith… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £14.95 | ||
| Zulawski, A. | Bog | The story of an army medic in Africa whose experiences make him question his existence - what is the point of this? What is happiness? And where does religion stand? |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £17.95 | ||
| Zurakowska, M. | Muchy w zupie i inne dramaty | A collection of funny short stories written by a popular journalist. |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Zurawiecki, B. | Trzech panow w lozku, nie liczac kota. Romans pasywny | A middle class 30 year-old divides his time between his wife and lover. When his wife leaves, he loses his job and embarks on a new, single life. He's in for a few surprises… |
| Polish: Literature: New Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £11.95 | ||
