Set in Communist Poland in the 1950s, the harrowing story of one man's unraveling after a drunken slip of the tongue lands him in jail.One of the most significant postwar Polish novels, this is the st
Marek Hlasko's literary autobiography is a vivid, first-hand account of the life of a young writer in 1950s Poland and a fascinating portrait of the ultimately short-lived rebel generation. Told in a
"Hlasko's story comes off the page at you like a pit bull."—The Washington Post"Spokesman for those who were angry and beat . . . turbulent, temperamental, and tortured."—The New York Times"A must-rea
