One day this
city will be mine – thought Jakub Szapir, commonly known Jewish boxer and
member of the Warsaw mafia. Everyone knows his name in 1937, because he symbolise
everything that a normal Jew can’t achieve in his whole life: inappropriate
amount of money, wonderful life, beloved wife and (the most important) respect
of Polish VIP.
When he is
fighting on the ring, smashing the head of a Polish boxer- he fells unpunished.
When he sleeps with the most beautiful women in the capital city – he knows
that the very next day this woman will tell it to all of her female friends … and
everybody will be jealous. When he chooses
to battle “Falanga” – he is certain that he can afford it. So he decides to
become a king of a Warsaw.
“Król” of Szczepan Twardoch tells us a story about two cities: the Jewish and the Polish Warsow. Especially now, we are in need of this type of books to show all
so-called-patriots that history is not black and white. During the interwar
period, there was a deep hatred between these two worlds.
It was a consequence
of stupidity, lack of the integration but also really often: the provocation approved by
both sides of the conflict.
So this is not another criminal book. This is an interesting analyse of our
society.
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And this is an other commonly know "King" of our culture.
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And this is an other commonly know "King" of our culture.
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