From a Polish Country House Kitchen
Attention all foodies: Polish food is fresh, lively and delicious. Reviewer Pierre Gratton dismisses stale opinions. A French conspiracy, he suspects, ably put down by Anne Applebaum and Danielle Crittenden.
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2013 Vol. 5 No. 2 — Summer / Books
2013 Vol. 5 No. 2 — Summer / Books
Polish Classic Desserts
Justine Jablonska tests and tastes the rich dessert fare of Poland presented in Polish Classic Desserts and declares them: Heaven! She has a few quibbles, though, with some editorial content.
2013 Vol. 5 No. 1 — Spring / Books
Unvanquished: Joseph Piłsudski, Resurrected Poland and the Struggle for Eastern Europe
Peter Hetheringon’s mammoth biography brings Piłsudski to life on its pages, says reviewer Patrice Dabrowski. And while he’s at it, he provides the reader with a brief but thorough and lively history of Poland, as only a non-Pole can.
2013 Vol. 5 No. 1 — Spring / Books / Features
Jan Karski: The Story of a Secret State
Jan Karski is a hero not just for our times but for all times, says Irene Tomaszewski as she recalls her first meeting with the modest hero. He represents the best in humanity and the collective will of a nation that would not submit.
2013 Vol. 5 No. 1 — Spring / Books
“The Driest of Facts:” Witold Pilecki’s Mission in Auschwitz
Michał Kasprzak’s brilliant review cuts to the essence of The Auschwitz Volunteer.
2013 Vol. 5 No. 1 — Spring / Books
Kaia, Heroine of the 1944 Warsaw Rising
Meeting a heroine from the “generation of ‘44” is a privilege. Fortunately, Aleksandra Ziółkowska-Boehm kept a record of her friendship with one of the Warsaw Uprising’s great women.
2013 Vol. 5 No. 1 — Spring / Books
Stone Upon Stone
When the ideology is stripped away, say reviewer Joanna Szupinska about Wiesław Myśliwski’s Stone Upon Stone, all that is left is love for life and respect for the earth. Could one ask for anything more?
2013 Vol. 5 No. 1 — Spring / Books
The Other East and 19th-Century British Literature: Imagining Poland and the Russian Empire
The fickle affections of the Great Powers are well known in history. Thomas McLean’s The Other East looks at this unreliable relationship from a literary perspective. Reviewed by Lukasz Wodzynski.
2013 Vol. 5 No. 1 — Spring / Books
Between the Brown and the Red: Nationalism, Catholicism, and Communism in 20th-Century Poland
Rome’s Most Faithful Daughter led astray? Neal Pease reviews Mikołaj Kunicki’s book about the politics of Bolesław Piasecki.
2013 Vol. 5 No. 1 — Spring / Books
Giant
In this review of Aga Maksimowska’s Giant, Andrew Borkowski, whose Copernicus Avenue won the 2012 Toronto Book Award, may well be giving us a glimpse of next year’s winner.
2013 Vol. 5 No. 1 — Spring / Books
Tatra Highlander Folk Culture in Poland and America
The longtime director of PIASA, Thaddeus Gromada, is a proud góral, as this book about Poland’s highlanders, reviewed by Anna Jaroszynska-Kirchmann, clearly shows. And take a look at his jump over the ciupaga. This is no armchair góral.
2013 Vol. 5 No. 1 — Spring / Books
The Warsaw Conspiracy
James Conroyd Martin’s very popular Polish trilogy is now complete. Martin has a genuine fondness for his characters, says reviewer Maureen Mroczek Morris, as does the reader.
2013 Vol. 5 No. 1 — Spring / Books
The Eagle Unbowed
Halik Kochanski’s The Eagle Unbowed took western scholars and media by storm, garnering rave reviews. Mikolaj Kunicki of Notre Dame University weighs in with his thoughts.
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