Books from Poland
96 popular polish books
Travel the world without leaving your chair.
The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world.
All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around Europe Challenge" were written by authors from Poland.
Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.
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Los errantes by Olga Tokarczuk ES
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Una novela única, ligera y honda a la vez, que indaga en las posibilidades del género para hablar sobre el cuerpo, el mundo y las estrategias siempre insuficientes con que intentamos cartografiarlos. Al principio de Los errantes, la narradora esboza un autorretrato que es también una poética: «A todas luces yo carecía de ese gen que hace que en cuanto se detiene uno en un lugar por un tiempo más o menos largo, enseguida eche raíces. (…) Mi energía es generada por el movimiento: el vaivén de los autobuses, el traqueteo de los trenes, el rugido de los motores de avión, el balanceo de los ferrys.... continue
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Los palimpsestos by Alejsandra Lun ES
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Un inmigrante de Europa del Este está ingresado en un hospital psiquiátrico belga y sometido a una terapia de reinserción lingüística para curar su dolencia: no escribir en su lengua materna. Pero no es el único paciente del manicomio. A lo largo de la terapia irá conociendo a otros enfermos, todos ellos aquejados del mismo síndrome: el mal del escritor extranjero. ¿Por qué un escritor cambia de idioma? ¿Hubiera escrito también en su lengua materna? ¿Limita, crear en un idioma aprendido? ¿Qué... continue
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Medea by Christa Wolf EN
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Medea is among the most notorious women in the canon of Greek tragedy: a woman scorned who sacrifices her own children to her jealous rage. In her gripping new novel, Christa Wolf expands this myth, revealing a fiercely independent woman ensnared in a brutal political battle. Medea, driven by her conscience to leave her corrupt homeland, arrives in Corinth with her husband, the hero Jason. He is welcomed, but she is branded the outsider—and then she discovers the appalling secret behind the king's claim to power. Unwilling to ignore the horrifying truth about the state, she becomes a threat to... continue
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Modernity and the Holocaust by Zygmunt Bauman EN
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"Intellectually rich and provocative.... This is a text which belongs in our classrooms as well as on our shelves. Exceptionally well written."?Contemporary Sociology A new afterword to this edition, "The Duty to Remember--But What?" tackles difficult issues of guilt and innocence on the individual and societal levels. Zygmunt Bauman explores the silences found in debates about the Holocaust, and asks what the historical facts of the Holocaust tell us about the hidden capacities of present-day life. He finds great danger in such phenomena as the seductiveness of martyrdom; going to extremes in... continue
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Politiek zonder partijen by Alicja Gescinska NL
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Zijn politieke partijen de oplossing, of eerder een oorzaak van het democratisch deficit en de vele problemen van het politieke theater? De Franse filosofe Simone Weil pleitte in een visionair, postuum gepubliceerd essay voor een radicale afschaffing van alle politieke partijen. Het is een messcherpe analyse, geschreven na het Europese democratische debacle aan de vooravond van de Tweede Wereldoorlog, waarin ze het vaak gewetenloze cynisme van het partijensysteem aanklaagt. Weil gaat op zoek naar alternatieven en een andere manier van politiek voeren.00Filosofe Alicja Gescinska pleitte in vers... continue
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Pope John Paul II: In My Own Words by Pope John Paul II EN
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Spiritual father of millions, globally influential leader: Pope John Paul II's words have brought inspiration, solace, and courage to those who have listened. The quotes and prayers collected here are both for the faithful and for those who have been touched by and want to know more about this remarkable man. His words on love, family, truth, freedom, human relationships, the power of God, and the importance of hope and prayer explore what it means to be alive and what we are doing here on Earth, and offer answers to some of life's hardest questions.
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Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz EN
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"An epic saga of love, courage and devotion in Nero's time, Quo Vadis portrays the degenerate days leading to the fall of the Roman empire and the glory and the agony of early Christianity. Set at a turning point in history (A.D. 54-68), as Christianity replaces the era of corruption and gluttony that marked Nero's Rome, Quo Vadis brims with life."--Publisher description.
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Quo vadis? by Henryk Sienkiewicz DE
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Das dekadente Rom Kaiser Neros im Widerstreit mit der unwiderstehlichen sittlichen Kraft des aufstrebenden Christentums und dazu eine von melodramatischen Elementen nicht freie, großartige Liebesgeschichte zwischen dem Römer Vinicius und der Christin Lygia - aus diesen Essenzen schuf der polnische Schriftsteller Henryk Sienkiewicz den Welterfolg 'Quo vadis?'. Das opulente Werk basiert auf intensiven Quellenstudien. Seinem Autor geht es aber nicht nur um die Beschreibung der römischen Welt, sondern, 'weil er dem Volk ins Herz schaut', auch um die Schilderung etwa des Martyriums der Christen ode... continue