The King of Warsaw: A Novel

A city ignited by hate. A man in thrall to power. The ferociously original award-winning bestseller by Poland's literary phenomenon--his first to be translated into English. It's 1937. Poland is about to catch fire. In the boxing ring, Jakub Szapiro commands respect, revered as a hero by the Jewish community. Outside, he instills fear as he muscles through Warsaw as enforcer for a powerful crime lord. Murder and intimidation have their rewards. He revels in luxury, spends lavishly, and indulges in all the pleasures that barbarity offers. For a man battling to be king of the underworld, life is good. Especially when it's a frightening time to be alive. Hitler is rising. Fascism is escalating. As a specter of violence hangs over Poland like a black cloud, its marginalized and vilified Jewish population hopes for a promise of sanctuary in Palestine. Jakub isn't blind to the changing tide. What's unimaginable to him is abandoning the city he feels destined to rule. With the raging instincts that guide him in the ring and on the streets, Jakub feels untouchable. He must maintain the order he knows--even as a new world order threatens to consume him.

Literature & Fiction

Twardoch, Szczepan

Literary

Amazon Crossing

Winner of the EBRD Literature Prize awarded by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. 
A city ignited by hate. A man in thrall to power. The ferociously original award-winning bestseller by Poland’s literary phenomenon―his first to be translated into English. 
It’s 1937. Poland is about to catch fire. 
In the boxing ring, Jakub Szapiro commands respect, revered as a hero by the Jewish community. Outside, he instills fear as he muscles through Warsaw as enforcer for a powerful crime lord. Murder and intimidation have their rewards. He revels in luxury, spends lavishly, and indulges in all the pleasures that barbarity offers. For a man battling to be king of the underworld, life is good. Especially when it’s a frightening time to be alive. 
Hitler is rising. Fascism is escalating. As a specter of violence hangs over Poland like a black cloud, its marginalized and vilified Jewish population hopes for a promise of sanctuary in Palestine. Jakub isn’t blind to the changing tide. What’s unimaginable to him is abandoning the city he feels destined to rule. With the raging instincts that guide him in the ring and on the streets, Jakub feels untouchable. He must maintain the order he knows―even as a new world order threatens to consume him.

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A city ignited by hate. A man in thrall to power. The ferociously original award-winning bestseller by Poland's literary phenomenon--his first to be translated into English.It's 1937. Poland is about to catch fire.In the boxing ring, Jakub Szapiro commands respect, revered as a hero by the Jewish community. Outside, he instills fear as he muscles through Warsaw as enforcer for a powerful crime lord. Murder and intimidation have their rewards. He revels in luxury, spends lavishly, and indulges in all the pleasures that barbarity offers. For a man battling to be king of the underworld, life is good. Especially when it's a frightening time to be alive.Hitler is rising. Fascism is escalating. As a specter of violence hangs over Poland like a black cloud, its marginalized and vilified Jewish population hopes for a promise of sanctuary in Palestine. Jakub isn't blind to the changing tide. What's unimaginable to him is abandoning the city he feels destined to rule. With the raging instincts that guide him in the ring--and on the streets--Jakub feels untouchable. He must maintain the order he knows. Even as a new world order threatens to consume him.

Morphin (rororo Taschenbücher)

Genre Fiction

Rowohlt Taschenbuch

Der Boxer

Contemporary

Das schwarze Königreich

Rowohlt Berlin

MorfinaAwanturnicza powiesc o czlowieku, ktory urodzil sie w zlych dla siebie czasach i z artysty uzaleznionego od morfiny przemienil sie w demonicznego, nieodpowiedzialnego konspiratora, meza, kochanka... Nie mogl mu zaufac nikt.\nKonstanty Willemann jest synem niemieckiego arystokraty i spolonizowanej Slazaczki. Ma za soba kampanie wrzesniowa 1939 roku, jest podporucznikiem, oficerem rezerwy Wojska Polskiego, wojsko jednak go nie interesuje. Gdy tylko nadarza sie okazja, korzystajac z chaosu, nie rejestruje sie jako wojskowy i zaczyna ukrywac w Warszawie. Przechodzi rodzaj choroby psychicznej, slyszy glosy wewnetrzne.

Morfina (Polish Edition)

Literackie

Drach wie. Wraz z kilkuletnim Josefem przyglada sie swiniobiciu. Jest pazdziernikowy poranek 1906 roku i, choc chlopiec nie ma o tym pojecia, ryk zarzynanego zwierzecia oraz smak wusztzupy powróca do niego kilkanascie lat pózniej, gdy po zakonczeniu wojny bedzie powracal na Slask. Nikodem nigdy nie byl w wojsku. Jest za to wzietym architektem. Z poprzedniego zwiazku ma piecioletnia córke, a po samochodowym wypadku blizne nad lewym uchem. Wlasnie rozstaje sie z zona, by ulozyc sobie zycie z inna. Drach jest jednak swiadomy, ze dziewczyna coraz bardziej wymyka sie mezczyznie. Miedzy Josefem a Nikodemem piekne, podle, smutne i - ostatecznie - tragiczne losy dwóch rodzin; wiek wojen i powstan, smierci i narodzin, milosci, zdrad i marzen, które nigdy sie nie spelnia. Drach o nich wie. Widzi przeszlosc i zna przyszlosc. Dla niego wszystko jest teraz... Saga rodzinna? Wielka opowiesc o Slasku? A moze powiesc totalna, która wymyka sie wszelkim kategoryzacjom? Autor Morfiny w szczytowej formie.

Drach (Polish Edition)

WIeloryby i cmy (Polish Edition)

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

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