One day Eva receives a letter addressed to her late mother. In it she reads the name of a man, Joachim Riegel, and that of the Hotel Polski in Warsaw, in the year 1943. From this document she learns that her mother was Jewish and that it was Joachim, a German, who saved her from the Nazis because he’d fallen madly in love with her. Eva goes to the place where they met to meet Joachim’s son, Heinrich.
TITLE : Hotel Polski | Hôtel Polski
AUTHOR : Tecia Werbowski
COUNTRY : Canada
AUTHOR : Tecia Werbowski
COUNTRY : Canada
NUMBER OF PAGES : 80
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
TECIA WERBOWSKI is the author of eight novels, as well as short stories and an account of the rescue of Jews in Poland during World War II. Born in Lwow, Poland, and at heart a citizen of Prague, she has lived in Canada since 1968 and now divides her time between that city and Montreal. Her work has been translated into a number of languages and has been adapted for radio and television. As well, most of her novels have been adapted for the stage and Tecia Werbowski is among the authors in the repertoire of the Prague National Theatre. Le mur entre nous (The Wall Between Us) ran in Prague for close to five years, then was presented in other European theatres. It has also been adapted for the BBC by Pavel Kohut.
TECIA WERBOWSKI is the author of eight novels, as well as short stories and an account of the rescue of Jews in Poland during World War II. Born in Lwow, Poland, and at heart a citizen of Prague, she has lived in Canada since 1968 and now divides her time between that city and Montreal. Her work has been translated into a number of languages and has been adapted for radio and television. As well, most of her novels have been adapted for the stage and Tecia Werbowski is among the authors in the repertoire of the Prague National Theatre. Le mur entre nous (The Wall Between Us) ran in Prague for close to five years, then was presented in other European theatres. It has also been adapted for the BBC by Pavel Kohut.