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Did This Hand Kill?

Cezary Lazarewicz Sean Gasper Bye

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Open Letter
26 June 2024
The follow up to azarewicz'sharrowing eby Nie Byo ladw (Leave No Trace) depicting the case of the politicalmurder of Grzegorz Przemyk-which earned azarewicz the Nike Literary Award in 2017-Did This Hand Kill?focuses on the case of Rita Gorgonowa, a cause clbre of the interwarperiod 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 declaredPoland's ultimate villain, and eventually convicted.

But questions remain about this case-the most notorious murder trial of the Second Polish Republic-along with questions about what exactly happened to Gorgonowa post-World War II.azarewicz revisits the crime with a contemporary lens and recreates the furor and celebrity revolving around this murder.
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Imprint:   Open Letter
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 140mm, 
ISBN:   9781948830799
ISBN 10:   1948830795
Pages:   264
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Cezary azarewicz is a Polish journalist who has worked forGazeta Wyborcza,Przekrj, andPolityka. His books includeReportae pomorskie(Pomeranian Reports, 2012);Sze piter luksusu. Przerwana historia domu braci Jabkowskich(Six Floors of Luxury: The Interrupted History of the Jabkowski Brothers' House, 2013);Elegancki morderca(Elegant Murderer, 2015);eby nie byo ladw. 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; andTu mwi Polska. Reportae zPomorza(Here is Poland: Reports from Pomerania, 2017).eby nie byo ladwwas also named Book of the Year by Radio Krakw and was a finalist for the Ryszard Kapuciski Prize. Sean Gasper Byeis a translator of Polish fiction, reportage, and drama. He has published translations ofWatercoloursby Lidia Ostaowska,History of a Disappearanceby Filip Springer,The King of Warsawby Szczepan Twardoch, andEllis Island: A People's Historyby Magorzata Szejnert. He's also published shorter pieces inThe Guardian,Words Without Borders,Catapult,World Literature Today, and elsewhere. He is a winner of the 2016 Asymptote Close Approximations Prize, a 2019 National Endowment for the Arts translation fellow, and former Literature and Humanities Curator at the Polish Cultural Institute New York.

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