The darkly comic tale of three generations of a Jewish family, from one of Polands most renowned contemporary authors&#160"A novel sparing only in words and form, not in emotion."Vogue (Poland)Confidential follows on the success of acclaimed photographer, psychologist, and writer Miko&#322aj Grynberg&#8217s highly acclaimed short story collection, I&#8217d Like to Say Sorry, but There&#8217s No One to Say Sorry To, which was a finalist for numerous awards, including Poland&#8217s most prestigious literary prize, the Nike, a National Jewish Book Award, the Sami Rohr Prize, and the National Translation Award in Prose for Sean Gasper Bye&#8217s excellent translation.&#10 This powerful new novella is a darkly comic portrait of a Jewish family in today&#8217s Poland, struggling to express their love for one another in the face of a past that cannot and will not be forgotten. The grandfather is a doctor, a Holocaust survivor who has now vowed to live only for pleasure. His son, born at the start of the war, becomes a wellrespected physicist, but finds himself emotionally unable to attend the medical conferences in Germany, despite the benefit it would give his career. The mother is loving but firm, though she has a secret habit of attending strangers&#8217 funerals so that she can cry.&#10 A masterpiece of concision, Confidential expands on one of the stories in I&#8217d Like to Say Sorry&#160.&#160.&#160. , tackling themes of memory and care, trauma and memory, as well as...

Binding: Hardback;160 pages; Publisher: The New Press; Classification: FA; Weight: 422 g; Dimensions: 199 x 141 x 20

Something not quite right? You have 21 days from the day you receive it, to send something back.

Please note, we cannot offer refunds on fashion face masks, cosmetics, pierced jewellery, adult toys, and swimwear or lingerie if the hygiene seal is not in place or has been broken.

Items of footwear and/or clothing must be unworn and unwashed with the original labels attached. Also, footwear must be tried on indoors. Items of homeware including bedlinen, mattresses, and toppers, and pillows must be unused and in their original unopened packaging. This does not affect your statutory rights.

Click here to view our full Returns Policy.