Contemporary literature

A sharp observer of Polish reality and a virtuoso of language, Dorota Masłowska returns with her long-awaited novel, Magical Wound. This latest work is, in fact, a collection of loosely connected short stories. These dozen-page narratives resemble the rapid-fire nature of TikTok videos—entertaining, moving, and intriguing modern readers whose attention span is increasingly fleeting. Each story immerses the reader in a different piece of this fragmented mosaic, depicting characters struggling ...

Leïla Slimani, the renowned Franco-Moroccan writer and multiple award winner (including the prestigious Prix Goncourt), returns with the final volume of her The Country of Others trilogy, titled I Will Carry the Fire. This novel continues the story of Amin and Mathilde’s family, this time focusing on their daughter Aïcha, her husband Mehdi, and their children, Mia and Inès. The narrative spans a vast period, from Inès’ birth to Mia’s tumultuous youth, all the way to Amin’s death and Mehdi’s w...

Paul Auster's novel Baumgarten, published just a few months before the death of the renowned American writer, serves as the culmination of his long literary career, rich in bestsellers – let us mention New York Trilogy, and Moon Palace – which have permanently established him among the greatest authors of world literature in the past forty years. The novel's multi-layered narrative space is built around the premature death of the protagonist's wife, Anna. Baumgarten compares this tragic even...