by Andrzej Szczypiorski · Edicions 62 · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788429754926
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«Una missa per la ciutat d'Arràs» is the allegorical novel by Andrzej Szczypiorski, published by Edicions 62 in paperback (192 pages, in Catalan).
France, 15th century: Jan, a young religious intellectual, takes part in the brutal persecution of Jews and heretics in Arras. When the violence turns against him, he must choose between loyalty to the people and horror at a deranged society. An allegory of fear, fanaticism and totalitarianism, written in 1968 against the antisemitism of the communist authorities.
Part of the MOLU s.XX - Les Millors Obres collection. Translated by Anna Rubió Rodon and Jerzy Slawomirski.
Readers of literary and historical fiction, especially those seeking political allegories about 20th-century Europe.
Andrzej Szczypiorski was a Polish novelist and politician. He served as a member of the Polish legislature, and was a Solidarity activist interned during the military crackdown of 1981. He was a secret police agent in the 1950s.
