Jigsaw puzzle by Nina Torr
Buy online

Tag: fiction

Shed Your Skin
Art + Stories
Opinions

Shed Your Skin

In his latest book “The Last White Man,” novelist Mohsin Hamid crafts a meditation on how external transformation can lead to an internal metamorphosis.
Paulina Wilk
The Truest Fiction
Art + Stories
Opinions

The Truest Fiction

In his latest novel “Elizabeth Finch,” British author Julian Barnes blends fact and fiction to create a compelling critique of contemporary understandings of the past.
Paulina Wilk
Pukke
Art + Stories
Fiction

Pukke

One of our authors imagines the encounters of various Swedes – and a Pole! – with a mythical imp known as Pukke.
Grzegorz Uzdański
A Polish Tourist in the USSR
Art + Stories
Fiction

A Polish Tourist in the USSR

In this extract from Juliusz Strachota’s “A Polish Tourist in the USSR” the protagonist makes his way to Crimea with the help of a childhood guide book.
Juliusz Strachota
Who Made Me Ill?!
Art + Stories
Experiences, Fiction

Who Made Me Ill?!

Commissioner Maciejewski returns, this time for a criminal mystery involving the matter of an unexpected infection...
Marcin Wroński
Professor Tamura’s Springtails
Art + Stories
Fiction

Professor Tamura’s Springtails

When Professor Tamura moved to Warsaw with his wife, he wanted only one thing: to study the local springtails. A fictional crime story with a zoological twist.
Joanna Rudniańska
The Adventures of Sindbad the Seafarer
Art + Stories
Fiction

The Adventures of Sindbad the Seafarer

In the first translation of Bolesław Leśmian’s classic children’s book “The Adventures of Sindbad the Seafarer”, the eponymous character discovers that he has been usurped by a doppelgänger...
Bolesław Leśmian
Franco’s Black Pearls
Art + Stories
Fiction

Franco’s Black Pearls

A century or so ago, Vilnius was a very different place to today. Kristina Sabaliauskaitė takes us on a trip past the streets and characters of the city once known as Wilno, in this excerpt from her collection of stories about modern Lithuania’s capital.
Kristina Sabaliauskaitė
Mrs Mohr Goes Missing
Art + Stories
Fiction

Mrs Mohr Goes Missing

A corpse has been discovered at a retirement home run by nuns, but Zofia is not convinced that the death was entirely natural... Antonia Lloyd-Jones translates an excerpt from the first novel in a period crime series featuring Zofia Turbotyńska.
Maryla Szymiczkowa
Trouble Suited Her
Art + Stories
Fiction

Trouble Suited Her

Upon arriving at the Europejski Hotel, Lieutenant Maciejewski is faced with a mystery involving forgotten state documents and the charms of a certain lady. A short crime story.
Marcin Wroński