Ebook {Epub PDF} The King of Warsaw by Szczepan Twardoch

 · by Szczepan Twardoch ; translated by Sean Gasper Bye ‧ RELEASE DATE: Ap. Set in lates Poland, this haunted epic recounts the violent life of an aging Jewish prizefighter who finds another outlet for his brutish skills as a powerful drug lord's enforcer. A hero in Warsaw's Jewish community for demolishing the stereotype of the weak Jew by battering his boxing opponents, Author: Szczepan Twardoch. The King of Warsaw. Szczepan Twardoch, trans. from the Polish by Sean Gasper Bye. Amazon Crossing, $ (p) ISBN Twardoch’s . Twardoch delivered a dramatic and powerful narrative that was unique, highly ruthless and brutal about life in 's Poland. He tells a gripping tale of life in the streets of Warsaw where warring gangsters between the Jewish and the pro-fascist/anti-Semetic experienced violence as /5.

In , Polish novelist Szczepan Twardoch's The King of Warsaw is a welcome addition to the genre. Twardoch's setting is Warsaw of , the height of Polish national power before disaster. The novel anticipates the tragedy of Poland, which by was conquered and dismembered. The King of Warsaw is the Polish version of www.doorway.ru first of Szczepan Twardoch's novels to be translated into English, it follows a young man as he enters the world of Warsaw gangsters. Szczepan Twardoch is the author of the bestselling novels Morphine, Drach, and The King of Warsaw. He is the recipient of numerous honors for his work, including the Brücke Berlin Preis, Le Prix du Livre Européen, and Nike Literary Award: Audience Award.

Szczepan Twardoch’s newly translated novel, The King of Warsaw, about a Yiddish-speaking hitman with a side hustle as a professional boxer, then, is not just a good read but a welcome reminder of the full range of Jewish life in interwar Poland. () () Twardoch should be thanked for delving into the lower depths of Jewish gangland because he has made aspects of interwar Jewish Warsaw come brilliantly alive. The King of Warsaw. Szczepan Twardoch, trans. from the Polish by Sean Gasper Bye. Amazon Crossing, $ (p) ISBN Twardoch’s brutal, messy, and compulsively readable. In his inimitable style, with impeccable care for historical detail, Twardoch portrays the life of the city and its criminals, as well as the political elite. He skillfully weaves in an unconventional romantic subplot and startling plot twists, ensuring his audience a truly intense read.