Chołod Explained

Author:Szczepan Twardoch
Isbn:978-83-080-7682-8
Pub Date:26 October 2022
Language:Polish
Publisher:Wydawnictwo Literackie

Chołod is a novel written by Szczepan Twardoch and published in 2022 by Wydawnictwo Literackie in book and e-book form.[1]

Plot

Chołod is named after a settlement in the far north, inhabited by a small community living according to its own laws, isolated from civilization. A Silesian, Konrad Widuch, fleeing a Soviet gulag, settles there and describes his stay in Chołod and his earlier turbulent and dramatic fate in his memoirs. In a mysterious way, the memoirs find their way to the author of the book, who reconstructs them and explains how they came into his hands.[2]

Reception

Chołod received favourable reviews. Marcin Belza of Kultura Liberalna praised the book, noting that "this is a novel that doesn't think for us" and that "plays out the themes of identity in a virtuoso way".[3] On Forbes it was noted that Chołod is an attempt to get to the meaning of history.[4] It has also been widely covered by other Polish language media.[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] It has been nominated for the Empik Bestsellers 2022 in the categories of fiction and audio superfiction and Lubimyczytać.pl Book of the Year 2022 in the category of historical novel.[12] [13]

References

  1. Web site: Chołod . 2023-07-08 . www.wydawnictwoliterackie.pl.
  2. Web site: Chołod Szczepan Twardoch . 2023-07-08 . Lubimyczytać.pl . pl-PL.
  3. Web site: 2022-11-21 . BEŁZA: Mowa (nie)zależna. Recenzja powieści "Chołod" Szczepana Twardocha . 2023-07-09 . Kultura Liberalna . pl-PL.
  4. Web site: Podróże Twardocha na Spitsbergen to nie chwyt marketingowy, a próba zrozumienia historii . 2023-07-09 . Forbes.pl . pl.
  5. Web site: Strach, przygoda i zagadka. Nowa powieść Twardocha jest jak mroczny serial . 2023-07-09 . wyborcza.pl.
  6. Web site: 11 November 2022. Kiedy przychodzi Rosja... "Chołod", nowa powieść Szczepana Twardocha . 2023-07-09 . www.polityka.pl . pl.
  7. Web site: Chołod is coming / Literatura / dwutygodnik.com . 2023-07-09 . www.dwutygodnik.com . pl.
  8. Web site: Bugajski . Leszek . 2022-11-11 . "Chołod" – Szczepan Twardoch nie zawiódł. Pisze jak Szklarski na sterydach . 2023-07-09 . Wprost . pl.
  9. Web site: Twardoch wraca z nową książką. W RMF FM opowiada o powieści "Chołod" . 2023-07-09 . www.rmf24.pl . pl.
  10. Web site: 2022-12-10 . "Chołod". Czarne widmo Rosji wciąż widać na horyzoncie . 2023-07-09 . forsal.pl . pl.
  11. Web site: Polskie premiery: "Chołod" Twardocha i "Nigdzie" Boryczki - Dwójka - polskieradio.pl . 2023-07-09 . polskieradio.pl . pl-PL.
  12. Web site: Najlepsze książki 2022 - Bestsellery Empiku 2022 . 2023-07-08 . www.empik.com . pl.
  13. Web site: Poznaj Książki Roku 2022! . 2023-07-08 . lubimyczytac.pl . pl-PL.

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