Madame

Antoni Libera

earliest edition we have, 1999 Canongate Books Ltd, 2002 paperback 448 pages

Proza

"Madame is a novel about Poland during the grim years of Soviet-controlled mediocrity which nonetheless sparkles with light and warmth." "Our young narrator-hero is suffering through the regulated boredom of high school when he is transfixed by a new teacher - an elegant "older woman" (she is thirty-two) who bewitches him with her glacial beauty and her strict intelligence. He resolves to learn everything he can abou...

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This book in English

Agnieszka Kolakowska 1 printing we hold · 2004 · Canongate U.S.

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Editions we hold

Madame paperback · 2005 · Znak Proza · 9788324004294
Madame paperback · 2004 · Canongate U.S. · 438 pages · 9781841955209
Madame paperback · 2002 · Canongate Books Ltd · 448 pages · 9781841952277
Madame paperback · 2001 · Canongate Books Ltd · 448 pages · 9781841950983
Madame edition · 2001 · Wydawn. Znak · 392 pages
Madame edition · 2000 · Farrar, Straus and Giroux · 439 pages
Madame edition · 1999 · Znak · 392 pages

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