Lit in Translation

Magdalena Tulli

Born 1955 · Italy, Poland

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    Nike 2015 · Shortlist

    Szum

    Title translated by AI:“Noise”

    Magdalena Tulli · 59 when first published

    Novel · 188 pages · Autofiction, Family

    AI-generated summary:A woman who has always felt a stranger tries to break through that isolation and reach an understanding with her mother, with whom she has always had a difficult bond.

  • No English yet

    Nike 2012 · Shortlist

    Włoskie szpilki

    Title translated by AI:“Italian Stilettos”

    Magdalena Tulli · 56 when first published

    Novel · 143 pages · Autofiction, Family

    AI-generated summary:A nameless woman with an Italian father lives between two worlds, beautiful Milan and grey Warsaw, and between a mother hardened by a concentration camp and her own life damaged by that silence.

  • In English

    Nike 2007 · Shortlist

    Flaw

    Skaza

    Magdalena Tulli · 51 when first published

    Novel · 177 pages

    AI-generated summary:On a city square that the narrator brings into being before our eyes, with a tram going round, a notary, a radical student, a sleepy policeman and a young maid go about an ordinary day, until something seems to be happening to the state.

  • In English

    Nike 2004 · Shortlist

    Moving Parts

    Tryby

    Magdalena Tulli · 48 when first published

    Novel · 151 pages

    AI-generated summary:A narrator who should be the master of his story, handing out roles like a god, turns into a sad, helpless clown, just one of the defenceless figures whose past is made up and whose future is ordered.