Tartak

Józef Myśliwski, a simple, resourceful man, builds a small empire in a poor village where the state farm has shut. He makes money breeding foxes, and when furs stop selling he strips the nearby forests and sets up a sawmill, making the woods' owners his vassals. The villagers circle him like satellites, drowning their envy and sense of failure in drink, while a populist politician wins them over. In his race for success Myśliwski loses the love of his wife and son, falls behind on his loans and decides to set the sawmill on fire.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

127 pages in the original

Genres

Family (assigned by AI)

Set in

Poland

First published

2003 by Wydawnictwo Czarne

Author's age

29 when first published

ISBN

9788387391768 (original)