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The witty and sparkling collection of thirty-nine short stories including \u2018Miss Winczewska\u2019, by the acclaimed writer Maria D\u0105browska (1889-1965), based on her experience of helping to establish a library for soldiers at the Citadel in Warsaw during the inter-war period. \u2018In the Shadow of Brooklyn\u2019 by Stanislaw Dygat (1914-78) is a comical tale about a young man envying his father\u2019s seeming success with women. Contemporary authors include Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk (born 1962), who\u2019s historical story \u2018The Green Children\u2019 is set in 1656, narrated by a Scottish doctor who, as the Polish king\u2019s physician, travels through the wilds of Poland and encounters two feral children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Antonia Lloyd Jones has translated works by several of Poland\u2019s leading contemporary novelists and reportage authors, as well as crime fiction, poetry and children\u2019s books. 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