trauma

Seven short stories from the prolific Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist Edith Wharton. With a wide variety of protagonists – a cloistered monk to a struggling artist to a Governor to a New England lawyer’s wife – she is flexing her writing muscles and trying on personas. Includes „The Last Asset”, „In Trust”, „The Pretext”, „The Verdict”, „The Pot-Boiler”, and „The Best Man”. In the title story,...

Anglica. An International Journal of English Studies is a peer-reviewed journal published since 1988 under the auspices of the Institute of English Studies, University of Warsaw. Anglica is an annual print in two volumes. The literary volume contains articles addressing various aspects of Anglophone culture ranging from the medieval period to the twenty-first century, with specific emphasis on literature,...

Anglica. An International Journal of English Studies is a peer-reviewed journal published since 1988 under the auspices of the Institute of English Studies, University of Warsaw. Anglica is an annual print in two volumes. The literary volume contains articles addressing various aspects of Anglophone culture ranging from the medieval period to the twenty-first century, with specific emphasis on literature,...

Can you build a life on a lie when the truth is too terrifying to bear? This is a story that will get under your skin and never let you go. "The Liar" is an uncompromising, brutally honest tale of a girl born from hell. From childhood, Beata Papudrak learned that love hurts, trust is a weakness, and lying is the only way to survive. When a cycle of violence and humiliation lands her behind bars,...