{"product_id":"did-this-hand-kill-9781948830799","title":"Did This Hand Kill?","description":"The follow up to Lazarewicz's harrowing \u003ci\u003eŻeby Nie Bylo Śladów \u003c\/i\u003e(Leave No Trace) depicting the case of the political\u003cbr\u003emurder of Grzegorz Przemyk--which earned Lazarewicz the Nike Literary Award in 2017--\u003ci\u003eDid This Hand Kill? \u003c\/i\u003efocuses on the case of Rita Gorgonowa, a cause célèbre of the interwar\u003cbr\u003eperiod in Poland. \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGorgonowa, a governess having an affair with her employer, was accused of brutally murdering his daughter, the 17-year-old Lusia on New Year's Eve in 1931. Despite her claims of innocence, Gorgonowa was declared\u003cbr\u003ePoland's ultimate villain, and eventually convicted. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut questions remain about this case--the most notorious murder trial of the Second Polish Republic--along with questions about what exactly happened to Gorgonowa post-World War II. Lazarewicz revisits the crime with a contemporary lens and recreates the furor and celebrity revolving around this murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCezary Lazarewicz\u003c\/b\u003e is a Polish journalist who has worked for \u003ci\u003eGazeta Wyborcza\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePrzekrój\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePolityka\u003c\/i\u003e. His books include \u003ci\u003eReportaże pomorskie\u003c\/i\u003e (Pomeranian Reports, 2012); \u003ci\u003eSześc pięter luksusu. Przerwana historia domu braci Jablkowskich\u003c\/i\u003e (Six Floors of Luxury: The Interrupted History of the Jablkowski Brothers' House, 2013); \u003ci\u003eElegancki morderca\u003c\/i\u003e (Elegant Murderer, 2015); \u003ci\u003eŻeby nie bylo śladów. Sprawa Grzegorza Przemyka\u003c\/i\u003e (That There Would Be No Traces: The Case of Grzegorz Przemyk, 2016), for which he received the Nike Literary Prize, the Oscar Halecki Prize, and the MediaTora Prize; and \u003ci\u003eTu mówi Polska. Reportaże z Pomorza\u003c\/i\u003e (Here is Poland: Reports from Pomerania, 2017). \u003ci\u003eŻeby nie bylo śladów\u003c\/i\u003e was also named Book of the Year by Radio Kraków and was a finalist for the Ryszard Kapuściński Prize.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSean Gasper Bye\u003c\/b\u003e is a translator of Polish fiction, reportage, and drama. He has published translations of \u003ci\u003eWatercolours\u003c\/i\u003e by Lidia Ostalowska, \u003ci\u003eHistory of a Disappearance\u003c\/i\u003e by Filip Springer, \u003ci\u003eThe King of Warsaw\u003c\/i\u003e by Szczepan Twardoch, and \u003ci\u003eEllis Island: A People's History\u003c\/i\u003e by Malgorzata Szejnert. He's also published shorter pieces in \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWords Without Borders\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCatapult\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWorld Literature Today\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. He is a winner of the 2016 Asymptote Close Approximations Prize, a 2019 National Endowment for the Arts translation fellow, and former Literature and Humanities Curator at the Polish Cultural Institute New York.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Open Letter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50521483378962,"sku":"9781948830799","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3f20eb8e-be50-4a69-ba15-92615b539575.jpg?v=1731105255","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/did-this-hand-kill-9781948830799","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}