15 Best poland books like Good night, Dżerzi by Janusz Głowacki

Cover of Good night, Dżerzi by Janusz Głowacki

Good night, Dżerzi

By: Janusz Głowacki

3.52

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Powieść osnuta wokół dziwnych losów sławnego pisarza Jerzego Kosińskiego – polskiego Żyda, który zr…

If you liked the poland plot in Good night, Dżerzi by Janusz Głowacki , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol, Robert A. Maguire

1. Dead Souls

By: Nikolai Gogol , Robert A. Maguire

3.98

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Chichikov, a mysterious stranger, arrives in a provincial town and visits a succession of landowner… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
"Keep not money, but keep good people's company."

-Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls

"Also, though not over-elderly, he was not over-young."

-Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls

"A word aptly uttered or written cannot be cut away by an axe."

-Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls

"A Russian peasant scratching the back of his head means many different things."

-Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls

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2. 13 pięter

By: Filip Springer

3.88

Format: 440 pages, Hardcover

Po odzyskaniu niepodleglosci w 1918 roku Polska cierpiala na gigantyczny glod mieszkaniowy. Problem… read more

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  • polish literature
  • poland

3. What We Talk About When We Talk About Love

By: Raymond Carver

3.87

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Alternate-cover edition can be found  In his second collection, Carver establishes his reputation … read more

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4. Piękni Dwudziestoletni

By: Marek Hłasko

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Marek Hlasko pozostawil po sobie nie tylko spuscizne literacka, obejmujaca opowiadania i powiesci, … read more

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5. Ślepnąc od świateł

By: Jakub Żulczyk

3.60

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Zagadkowa, dynamiczna miejska odyseja, pelna zaskakujacych zwrotow akcji i splotow wydarzen, sklani… read more

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Cover of War's Unwomanly Face by None, Svetlana Alexievich

6. War's Unwomanly Face

By: None , Svetlana Alexievich

4.51

Format: 247 pages, Hardcover

This book is a confession, a document and a record of people's memory. More than 200 women speak in… read more

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"War kills time, precious human time."

-None, War's Unwomanly Face

"My fearlessness came from an ignorance of life."

-None, War's Unwomanly Face

"HOW DO THEY RECEIVE ME? They call me “little girl,"

-None, War's Unwomanly Face

"What keeps us from remembering ? The unbearableness of the memories ..."

-None, War's Unwomanly Face

7. Nic zwyczajnego. O Wisławie Szymborskiej

By: Michał Rusinek

4.07

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Pietnascie lat sekretarzowania takiej osobie? Doprawdy, nie bylo w tym nic zwyczajnego. Ona - swiez… read more

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Cover of The Street of Crocodiles by Jonathan Safran Foer, Bruno Schulz, Jerzy Ficowski, Celina Wieniewska

8. The Street of Crocodiles

By: Jonathan Safran Foer , Bruno Schulz , Jerzy Ficowski , Celina Wieniewska

4.02

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

The Street of Crocodiles in the Polish city of Drogobych is a street of memories and dreams where r… read more

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  • polish literature
  • fiction
  • poland
"Reality is as thin as paper, and betrays with all its cracks its imitative character."

-Jonathan Safran Foer, The Street of Crocodiles

"Can there be anything sadder than a human being changed into the rubber tube of an enema?"

-Jonathan Safran Foer, The Street of Crocodiles

"They were villages forgotten in the depth of time, peopled by creatures chained forever to their tiny destinies."

-Jonathan Safran Foer, The Street of Crocodiles

"The days hardened with cold and boredom like last year's loaves of bread. One began to cut them with blunt knives without appetite, with a lazy indifference."

-Jonathan Safran Foer, The Street of Crocodiles

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9. Chłopki. Opowieść o naszych babkach

By: Joanna Kuciel-Frydryszak

4.44

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Autorka Służących do wszystkiego wraca do tematu wiejskich kobiet, ale tym razem to opowieść zza dr… read more

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  • polish literature
  • poland
Cover of Pokora by Szczepan Twardoch

10. Pokora

By: Szczepan Twardoch

4.17

Format: 518 pages, Paperback

Pożądanie. Władza. Uległość. Co stracisz, walcząc o godność? Epicka powieść o rewolucji, wojnie i… read more

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  • polish literature
  • novels
  • fiction
  • poland
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11. Baśń o wężowym sercu albo wtóre słowo o Jakóbie Szeli

By: Radek Rak

4.06

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Baśń jest próbą stworzenia na nowo mitologii Galicji. Nie jest powieścią historyczną, i choć napisa… read more

Similar categories in Radek Rak's Baśń o wężowym sercu albo wtóre słowo o Jakóbie Szeli book and Janusz Głowacki's Good night, Dżerzi

  • polish literature
  • novels
  • fiction
  • poland
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12. Just as I Am

By: Cicely Tyson

4.51

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Just as I Am is my truth. It is me, plain and unvarnished, with the glitter and garland set aside. … read more

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"The most potent antidote to reticence is survival."

-Cicely Tyson, Just as I Am

"To soar toward what's possible, you must leave behind what's comfortable."

-Cicely Tyson, Just as I Am

"Turning a blind eye to our history has not saved us from its consequences."

-Cicely Tyson, Just as I Am

"Social transformation is not measured in weeks or months, but in generation."

-Cicely Tyson, Just as I Am

Cover of Migot. Z krańca Grenlandii by Ilona Wiśniewska

13. Migot. Z krańca Grenlandii

By: Ilona Wiśniewska

3.64

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Zimą samolot z południa dolatuje tu raz w tygodniu lub rzadziej. Latem tylko dwa statki dowożą zaop… read more

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  • polish literature
  • poland
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14. Four Thousand Weeks

By: Oliver Burkeman

4.22

Format: 271 pages, Hardcover

The average human lifespan is absurdly, insultingly brief. Assuming you live to be eighty, you have… read more

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"We’ve been granted the mental capacities to make almost infinitely ambitious plans, yet practically no time at all to put them into action."

-Oliver Burkeman, Four Thousand Weeks

"Rendering yourself more efficient — either by implementing various productivity techniques or by driving yourself harder—won’t generally result in the feeling of having ‘enough time,’ because, all el…"

-Oliver Burkeman, Four Thousand Weeks

"The problem with trying to make time for everything that feels important—or just for enough of what feels important—is that you definitely never will. The reason isn’t that you haven’t yet discovered…"

-Oliver Burkeman, Four Thousand Weeks

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15. The Books of Jacob

By: Olga Tokarczuk

4.02

Format: 965 pages, Hardcover

The Nobel Prize-winner's richest, most sweeping and ambitious novel yet follows the comet-like rise… read more

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  • polish literature
  • novels
  • fiction
  • poland
"A thing that is not talked about ceases to exist."

-Olga Tokarczuk, The Books of Jacob

"Literatura to szczególny rodzaj wiedzy, to... (...) ... doskonałość form nieprecyzyjnych."

-Olga Tokarczuk, The Books of Jacob

"Gdy przepisujemy i cytujemy, budujemy gmach wiedzy i rozmnażamy ją jak moje warzywa czy jabłonki. Przepisywanie jest jak szczepienie drzewa; cytowanie – jak wysiewanie nasion."

-Olga Tokarczuk, The Books of Jacob

"If human beings had only known how to truly preserve their knowledge of the world, if they had just engraved it into rock, into crystals, into diamond and in so doing, passed it on to their descendan…"

-Olga Tokarczuk, The Books of Jacob

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16. Bezmatek

By: Mira Marcinów

3.99

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

W brawurowej prozie Miry Marcinów wszystko jest dzikie i dziwne, a najdziwniejsza jest śmierć, któr… read more

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  • polish literature
  • novels
  • fiction
  • poland
Cover of Nie ma by Mariusz Szczygieł

17. Nie ma

By: Mariusz Szczygieł

4.02

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Nie ma kogoś. Nie ma czegoś. Nie ma przeszłości. Nie ma pamięci. Nie ma widelców do sera. Nie ma mi… read more

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  • polish literature
  • poland
Cover of Obsesja piękna. Jak kultura popularna krzywdzi dziewczynki i kobiety by Renee Engeln

18. Obsesja piękna. Jak kultura popularna krzywdzi dziewczynki i kobiety

By: Renee Engeln

4.14

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Żyjemy w świecie, w którym wmawia się kobietom, że ich największą wartością jest piękny wygląd. Wiz… read more

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"They know what they see isn't real, but they still long for it."

-Renee Engeln, Obsesja piękna. Jak kultura popularna krzywdzi dziewczynki i kobiety

"Once when I was in graduate school, I got a terrible case of the flu and dropped a good deal of weight in a short amount of time. When I returned to campus, a professor said, “You look good! Did you …"

-Renee Engeln, Obsesja piękna. Jak kultura popularna krzywdzi dziewczynki i kobiety

"If we train young women to believe their most important asset is their appearance … It is no coincidence that when women say things men don't like, the response is often not a critique of their ideas…"

-Renee Engeln, Obsesja piękna. Jak kultura popularna krzywdzi dziewczynki i kobiety

"I want to apologize to all the women I have called beautiful before I've called them intelligent or brave I am sorry I made it sound as though something as simple as what you’re born with is all you …"

-Renee Engeln, Obsesja piękna. Jak kultura popularna krzywdzi dziewczynki i kobiety

Cover of Summerwater by Sarah Moss

19. Summerwater

By: Sarah Moss

3.51

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

No dia mais longo do verão, a chuva cai fortemente sobre uma pequena aldeia rural nas Terras Altas … read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
Cover of Bliscy by Annie Ernaux

20. Bliscy

By: Annie Ernaux

4.14

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Czy da się uciec od swojego pochodzenia? Jak pragnienie awansu społecznego wpływa na kolejne pokole… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Przegryw. Mężczyźni w pułapce gniewu i samotności by Patrycja Wieczorkiewicz

21. Przegryw. Mężczyźni w pułapce gniewu i samotności

By: Patrycja Wieczorkiewicz

4.17

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

Pionierski reportaż ukazujący „od środka” środowisko młodych mężczyzn określających się jako przegr… read more

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  • polish literature
  • poland
Cover of The Other Name: Septology I-II by Jon Fosse

22. The Other Name: Septology I-II

By: Jon Fosse

4.06

Format: 351 pages, Paperback

The Other Name follows the lives of two men living close to each other on the west coast of Norway.… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
"...there inside the person is what will pass away and become one with what is invisible in everything..."

-Jon Fosse, The Other Name: Septology I-II

"...what's beautiful in life turns out bad in a painting because it's like there's too much beauty, a good picture needs something bad in it in order to shine the way it should, it needs darkness in i…"

-Jon Fosse, The Other Name: Septology I-II

Cover of Informacja zwrotna by Jakub Żulczyk

23. Informacja zwrotna

By: Jakub Żulczyk

4.29

Format: 520 pages, Paperback

Nazywam się Marcin Kania. Jestem alkoholikiem i zaraz zabiję człowieka. Syn Marcina Kani, żyjące… read more

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  • polish literature
  • novels
  • fiction
  • poland
Cover of Numbers Don't Lie: 71 Things You Need to Know About the World by Vaclav Smil

24. Numbers Don't Lie: 71 Things You Need to Know About the World

By: Vaclav Smil

3.84

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Is flying dangerous? How much do the world's cows weigh? And what makes people happy? From earth… read more

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"Without the low operating costs, high efficiency, high reliability, and great durability of diesel engines, it would have been impossible to reach the extent of globalization that now defines the mod…"

-Vaclav Smil, Numbers Don't Lie: 71 Things You Need to Know About the World

Cover of Służące do wszystkiego by Joanna Kuciel-Frydryszak

25. Służące do wszystkiego

By: Joanna Kuciel-Frydryszak

4.14

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Przejmujące losy "białych niewolnic", kobiet z najniższego szczebla hierarchii służby domowej. Tych… read more

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  • polish literature
  • poland
Cover of Who They Was by Gabriel Krauze

26. Who They Was

By: Gabriel Krauze

4.03

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An astonishing, visceral autobiographical novel about a young man straddling two cultures: the univ… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
"It's a terrible thing trying to love someone who can't teach you anything."

-Gabriel Krauze, Who They Was

Cover of Chrobot. Życie najzwyklejszych ludzi świata by Tomasz Michniewicz

27. Chrobot. Życie najzwyklejszych ludzi świata

By: Tomasz Michniewicz

4.51

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Siedem podróży w czasie. A ponieważ czas dany nam jest jako pamięć, będzie to siedem podróży przez … read more

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  • polish literature
  • poland
Cover of Czarne Słońce by Jakub Żulczyk

28. Czarne Słońce

By: Jakub Żulczyk

3.36

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

Koniec świata, jaki znasz. W ojczyźnie przyszłości wrogowie pozbawieni są wszelkich praw. A wrog… read more

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  • polish literature
  • novels
  • fiction
  • poland
Cover of Autocracy, Inc. by Anne Applebaum

29. Autocracy, Inc.

By: Anne Applebaum

4.28

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks like, with a bad man … read more

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"Americans who rarely think about Russia would be stunned to learn how much time Russian state television devotes to America’s culture wars, especially arguments over gender. Putin himself has display…"

-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.

"Isolationism is an instinctive and even understandable reaction to the ugliness of the modern interconnected world. For some politicians in democracies, it will continue to offer a successful path to…"

-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.

"The temptation of what is sometimes called realism—the belief that nations are solely motivated by a struggle for power, that they have eternal interests and permanent geopolitical orientations—is as…"

-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.

Cover of Good night, Dżerzi by Janusz Głowacki

30. Good night, Dżerzi

By: Janusz Głowacki

3.52

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Powieść osnuta wokół dziwnych losów sławnego pisarza Jerzego Kosińskiego – polskiego Żyda, który zr… read more

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  • polish literature
  • novels
  • fiction
  • poland
Cover of Fabryka splendoru. Światowe festiwale filmowe by Ewa Szponar

31. Fabryka splendoru. Światowe festiwale filmowe

By: Ewa Szponar

2.87

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

Berlin, Cannes i Wenecja są w środowisku filmowym nazywane "potrójną koroną festiwali". Sukces podc… read more

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13 Best fiction books like Good night, Dżerzi by Janusz Głowacki

Transform Your Habits

Dead Souls

Nikolai Gogol , Robert A. Maguire

3.98

Transform Your Habits

The Street of Crocodiles

Jonathan Safran Foer , Bruno Schulz , Jerzy Ficowski , Celina Wieniewska

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Pokora

Szczepan Twardoch

4.17

Transform Your Habits

Baśń o wężowym sercu albo wtóre słowo o Jakóbie Szeli

Radek Rak

4.06

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Traktat o łuskaniu fasoli

Wiesław Myśliwski

4.32

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Rzeczy, których nie wyrzuciłem

Marcin Wicha

3.85

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Śmierć pięknych saren

Ota Pavel

4.05

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Olga Tokarczuk

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