A medieval outbreak of witch-burning and anti-Semitism provides the basis for Polish novelist Szczypiorski s stunning political allegory of the ever-present danger of totalitarianism. The PEN Club Award-winning author depicts this historical episode through the eyes of the guilt-ridden Jan, a...
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A medieval outbreak of witch-burning and anti-Semitism provides the basis for Polish novelist Szczypiorski s stunning political allegory of the ever-present danger of totalitarianism. The PEN Club Award-winning author depicts this historical episode through the eyes of the guilt-ridden Jan, a Christian intellectual who participates in the mass hysteria but later escapes the herd mentality after he finds himself suspected of heresy. This resonant story is a timely meditation on crimes committed
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