Attention, premiere! Gustaw and the Talking Frog

Maciej Siembieda, author of bestselling historical-suspense novels, returns to the tradition of Prus and Sienkiewicz! In two novellas – "Gustaw" and "The Talking Frog" – he paints bittersweet stories about people who succumb to temptation. They want more from life, but life is not necessarily on board with their plans. Maciej Siembieda in two novellas in dialogue with each other – "Gustaw" and "The Talking Frog" – paints bittersweet stories about people who succumb to temptation: they want more from life, but life is not necessarily on board with their plans. These are partly moralities, partly modern parables, but above all humorous, brilliant stories about tangled human fates. Paulina Wilk talks with the writer about his new volume of prose.