How do animals see the world of humans? What does a pet turtle feel when his owner forgets all about him one day, hunched over the keybord of a new computer? How does a dog react to his owner’s divorce? What does a bacteria think, scrutinised daily by the huge eye of the microscope?
Ten Parts of the World is a highly readable collection of stories featuring fifteen-year-olds living in different parts of the world today, from Japan to India to Poland and the Ukraine. Showcasing the striking differences in the standard of life and the opportunities available to the teenagers, the stories affirm the power of friendship and the need to hold on firmly to one’s hopes and dreams. Suitable for readers aged 12–15, with strong cross-over appeal.
Krzysztof Maćkowski says the following about The Badeni Report, his literary debut: “I decided to situate my story within a modernist idiom, because I lacked a sensible equivalent for a contemporary story. While renovating my house I found my master’s thesis and then came the idea to borrow some cultural/literary tricks from it..."
Anna Onichimowska created a powerful, imaginative story confirming that home is the most important and the safest place in the world. A boy named Karolek, together with his family, set for a very strange journey to the end of the world.
Marek Krajewski is back with a new series of hard-boiled thrillers!
The main character in this new series is inspector Edward Popielski from Lvov, whom Krajewski introduced in the last part of the Eberhard Mock series, The Head of Minotaur.
In May 1939 a body of a young boy was found in one of Lvov’s courtyards. The story ofthe massacred body and the harbinger of the next killings paralyses the city.