Goldi

Seen through a child's eyes, family life mixes with history: a visit by Molotov, a dress bought for the Shah's arrival, a writer whose books nobody in the family has read but the hamster, Goldi, happily eats. The father, Karol Kuryluk, is minister of culture and then a diplomat in Vienna. Behind the seemingly carefree story lies the unspoken horror of the Holocaust, which went on killing after the war: the mother, a survivor, hides her identity, meets a man she knew from the war in a Viennese tram, and sinks into fear. A story of a home that is a refuge from history.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

246 pages in the original

Genres

Autofiction, Family, Historical (assigned by AI)

Set in

Poland, Austria

First published

2004 by Twój Styl

Author's age

58 when first published

ISBN

9788371635205 (original)