This book is a natural sequel to Hanna Krall's earlier books. In this book, too, as in Dowody na istnienie / Proofs of existence, Krall tells the stories of particular people, Jews, Poles, and Germans, who have been put to the test by history and their own fate.
As always, in a language as economical and discreet as possible to relate the stories of her characters, she touches on the last things. Her book differs from the earlier ones in that it may be read as a journalist's journal. It is reserved - and hence all the more moving.
Hanna Krall, writer and reporter. Author of To outwit God / Zdążyć przed Panem Bogiem [aka "Shielding the Flame: An Intimate Conversation with Dr. Marek Edelman, the Last Surviving Leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising"; "To steal a march on God" - play: Hanna Krall's own adaptation of "Shielding the flame"]. Her books regularly reach the top of the bestseller charts in Poland and abroad. She's been translated into well over a dozen languages.
- Hanna Krall
So You Are Daniel / To ty jesteś Daniel
Wydawnictwo a5, Kraków 2001
translation rights: Hanna Krall, rights available
125 x 195, 112 pages, paperback
ISBN 83-85568-51-4