Books set in Poland (82)
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IrelandDescription:
El gran debate interno de Copérnico (1473-1543) se libra entre su conciencia de la importancia de sus descubrimientos y el temor a las represalias de la Iglesia. Poseedor de una amplia y heterogénea formación intelectual, su concepción del universo homogéneo e infinito, situado alrededor del Sol, en oposición al cosmos cerrado y jerarquizado, con el hombre como centro, suponía un desafío para la Iglesia, y de ahí que no llegara a publicar sus descubrimientos. Su evolución profesional dentro del seno de la Iglesia, de la cate... continue
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Cosmos by Witold Gombrowicz ES
PolandDescription:
Within the genre of crime fiction, Gombrowicz explores the angst of human existence
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De bibliothecaresse van auschwitz by Antonio iturbe NL
SpainDescription:
Indrukwekkende graphic novel, gebaseerd op het waargebeurde verhaal van Dita Kraus, die concentratiekamp Auschwitz en de Holocaust overleefde. Voor jongeren en volwassenen vanaf 13 jaar. Dita is veertien wanneer ze met haar ouders in het concentratiekamp Auschwitz terechtkomt. Pal onder de ogen van de nazi’s is er in het geheim een schooltje opgezet. Daar waar boeken streng verboden zijn, verbergt Dita met gevaar voor eigen leven de kleinste en meest kostbare bibliotheek die ooit heeft bestaan. De bibliothecaresse van Auschwitz is een onvergetelijk boek over moed en hoop, gebaseerd op het waar... continue
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Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk EN
Description:
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE New York Times Readers Pick: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century "A brilliant literary murder mystery." —Chicago Tribune "Extraordinary. Tokarczuk's novel is funny, vivid, dangerous, and disturbing, and it raises some fierce questions about human behavior. My sincere admiration for her brilliant work." —Annie Proulx In a remote Polish village, Janina devotes the dark winter days to studying astrology, translating the poetry of William Blake, and taking care of the summer homes of wealthy Warsaw residents. Her reputation as a crank and a recluse is amplifi... continue
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Elli : Coming of Age in the Holocaust by Livia Bitton Jackson EN
SlovakiaDescription:
When Elli emerged from Auschwitz and Dachau she was 14 - she looked like a sixty-year old.
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Gesang der Fledermäuse by Olga Tokarczuk DE
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Ein Dorf an der polnisch-tschechischen Grenze. Im Sommer tummeln sich hier wohlhabende Warschauer. In den Wintermonaten fliehen die meisten Einwohner das windumtoste Hochplateau im Glatzer Kessel. Die alleinstehende Englischlehrerin Janina Deszeijko widmet sich in den langen dunklen Tagen ihren astrologischen Studien und der Übersetzung von Gedichten des verehrten Willam Blake. Man hält die alte Dame für verschroben, wenn nicht gar für verrückt, auch weil sie die Gesellschaft von Tieren der von Menschen vorzieht. Dann gibt es einen Toten. Janinas ungeliebter Nachbar Big Foot ist grausam erstic... continue
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How We Survived Communism & Even Laughed by Slavenka Drakulic EN
CroatiaDescription:
Hailed by feminists as one of the most important contributions to women's studies in the last decade, this gripping, beautifully written account describes the daily struggles of women under the Marxist regime in the former republic of Yugoslavia.
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I Have Lived a Thousand Years by Livia Bitton-Jackson EN
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What is death all about? What is life all about? So wonders thirteen-year-old Elli Friedmann as she fights for her life in a Nazi concentration camp. A remarkable memoir, I Have Lived a Thousand Years is a story of cruelty and suffering, but at the same time a story of hope, faith, perseverance, and love. It wasn’t long ago that Elli led a normal life that included family, friends, school, and thoughts about boys. A life in which Elli could lie and daydream for hours that she was a beautiful and elegant celebrated poet. But these adolescent daydreams quickly darken in March 1944, when the Nazi... continue