{"product_id":"the-beautiful-mrs-seidenman-9781474622639","title":"The Beautiful Mrs Seidenman","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA rediscovered W\u0026amp;N classic, with a new introduction by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDense, lyrical and deeply unsettling\u003c\/b\u003e... Szczypiorski creates in these pages \u003cb\u003ea kaleidoscopic portrait of life in Nazi-occupied Warsaw\u003c\/b\u003e... By focusing on a couple of weeks in the lives of a dozen Warsaw residents Szczypiorski is able to delineate the consequences of World War II on a group of ordinary citizens, and the place of that war within the arc of Polish history... \u003cb\u003eAs Szczypiorski sees it, good and evil, heroism and cowardice, are not the stuff of high tragedy; they are simply elements of daily life\u003c\/b\u003e, occasionally thrown into relief by events like war and persecution. Thanks to the trickery of luck and grace, innocence may be redeemed by a mercenary act, as easily as it may be saved through genuine charity and compassion; injustice may result from carelessness and bad timing, as easily as it may proceed from bigotry and hatred.\u003c\/p\u003e * Michiko Kakutani, New York Times *\u003cbr\u003eWith \u003cb\u003ea fine balance between poetic tenderness and an unflinching account of the brutal realities of the day\u003c\/b\u003e, Szczypiorski shows us the intertwining lives of the few Poles, Jews, and Germans who risk everything to save her. * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eThere are accidental heroes and inadvertent villains, surprising and unexpected switches that lend the book its \u003cb\u003eextraordinary originality\u003c\/b\u003e. * Los Angeles Times *\u003cbr\u003eWhat happens to the beautiful Mrs. Seidenman is wholly believable, and \u003cb\u003ecarries the full impact of historic truth\u003c\/b\u003e. * New York Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrilliantly choreographed . . . \u003cb\u003eblunt and hauntingly moving\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e * Newsweek *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe prose is \u003cb\u003estunning\u003c\/b\u003e, thanks to a masterful translation by Klara Glowczewska, and \u003cb\u003ethe characters are so fully fleshed that they seem to step off the page\u003c\/b\u003e in order to communicate with the reader.\u003c\/p\u003e * NPR *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eComplex and convincing\u003c\/b\u003e. * Philadelphia Inquirer *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA rare find\u003c\/b\u003e... \u003cb\u003eAn exceptional storyteller\u003c\/b\u003e, Szczypiorski passionately re-creates the tumultuous war years for us, also providing insight into the current resurgence of Polish nationalism and Solidarity. * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003eThe authorial voice here - now gentle, now sardonic, but always piercingly omniscient - takes unique advantage of its eighties' perspective to create \u003cb\u003ean unforgettable group portrait\u003c\/b\u003e. * Kirkus Reviews *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003emasterpiece \u003c\/b\u003eof modern prose which \u003cb\u003egrips the reader with the power of a high-class thriller\u003c\/b\u003e. * Frankfurter Rundschau *\u003cbr\u003eSzczypiorski recounts the eternal calvary of a Poland drunk with independence, but always enslaved and always crushed, in \u003cb\u003ea sparse language as classical as that of Thomas Mann\u003c\/b\u003e. Superb. * Le Figaro *\u003cbr\u003eA masterful accomplishment, written with the kind of suspense that makes it \u003cb\u003eimpossible to put down\u003c\/b\u003e. * Neue Zürcher Zeitung *","brand":"Orion Publishing Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47851853480279,"sku":"9781474622639","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781474622639.jpg?v=1710646170","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-beautiful-mrs-seidenman-9781474622639","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}