Cezary Lazarewicz

Did This Hand Kill? (eBook, ePUB)

Übersetzer: Bye, Sean

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The follow up to Lazarewicz's harrowing Zeby Nie Bylo Sladów (Leave No Trace) depicting the case of the political murder of Grzegorz Przemykwhich earned Lazarewicz the Nike Literary Award in 2017the Gorgonowa Case focuses on the case of Rita Gorgonowa, a cause célèbre of the interwar period in Poland.

Gorgonowa, a governess having an affair with her employer, was accused of brutally murdering his daughter, the 17-year-old Lusia on New Year's Eve in 1931. Despite her claims of innocence, Gorgonowa was declared Poland's ultimate villain, and eventually convicted.

But questions remain about this casethe most notorious murder trial of the Second Polish Republicalong with questions about what exactly happened to Gorgonowa post-World War II. Lazarewicz revisits the crime with a contemporary lens and recreates the furor and celebrity revolving around this murder.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Open Letter
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781948830928
• Artikelnr.: 67858241

Autorenporträt

Cezary Lazarewicz is a Polish journalist who has worked for Gazeta Wyborcza, Przekrój, and Polityka. His books include Reportaze pomorskie (Pomeranian Reports, 2012); Szesc pieter luksusu. Przerwana historia domu braci Jablkowskich (Six Floors of Luxury: The Interrupted History of the Jablkowski Brothers' House, 2013); Elegancki morderca (Elegant Murderer, 2015); Zeby nie bylo sladów. Sprawa Grzegorza Przemyka (That There Would Be No Traces: The Case of Grzegorz Przemyk, 2016), for which he received the Nike Literary Prize, the Oscar Halecki Prize, and the MediaTora Prize; and Tu mówi Polska. Reportaze z Pomorza (Here is Poland: Reports from Pomerania, 2017). Zeby nie bylo sladów was also named Book of the Year by Radio Kraków and was a finalist for the Ryszard Kapuscinski Prize.