The Beautiful Mrs. Seidenman

A masterful novel that was a huge bestseller in Europe, The Beautiful Mrs. Seidenman is a testament to the power of literature. Now with an introduction by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, who named it her “favorite book no one else has heard of” in the New York Times, the novel follows Irma Seidenman, a young Jewish widow in Nazi-occupied Warsaw in 1943, who possesses two attributes that can spell the difference between life and death: blue eyes and blond hair. With these features, and a set of false papers, she slips out of the ghetto, passing as the wife of a Polish officer, until one day an informer spots her on the street and drags her off to the Gestapo. At times a dark lament, at others a sly and sardonic thriller, The Beautiful Mrs. Seidenman is the story of the thirty-six hours that follow Irma's arrest and the events that lead to her dramatic rescue as the last of Warsaw’s Jews are about to meet their deaths in the burning ghetto.

About the author

ANDRZEJ SZCZYPIORSKI was born in 1928 in Warsaw, where he died in 2000. He was introduced to the English-speaking world with The Beautiful Mrs. Seidenman.

Summary

Reissued with an introduction by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a stunning and disquieting novel of heroism and cowardice

A masterful novel that was a huge bestseller in Europe, The Beautiful Mrs. Seidenman is a testament to the power of literature. Now with an introduction by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, who named it her “favorite book no one else has heard of” in the New York Times, the novel follows Irma Seidenman, a young Jewish widow in Nazi-occupied Warsaw in 1943, who possesses two attributes that can spell the difference between life and death: blue eyes and blond hair. With these features, and a set of false papers, she slips out of the ghetto, passing as the wife of a Polish officer, until one day an informer spots her on the street and drags her off to the Gestapo. At times a dark lament, at others a sly and sardonic thriller, The Beautiful Mrs. Seidenman is the story of the thirty-six hours that follow Irma's arrest and the events that lead to her dramatic rescue as the last of Warsaw’s Jews are about to meet their deaths in the burning ghetto.

Product details

• Authors: Andrzej Szczypiorski, Andrzej Szczypiorski
• Assisted by: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Introduction), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Introduction), Klara Glowczewska (Translation), Klara Glowczewska (Translation)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.09.2022
• EAN: 9780802160430
• ISBN: 978-0-8021-6043-0
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 209 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 272 g
• Series: Andrze Szczypiorski
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Second World War fiction, FICTION / Historical / World War II, FICTION / Religious, FICTION / Jewish, HISTORY / Jewish, Warsaw, The Holocaust, Relating to Jewish people & groups, Religious and spiritual fiction, Relating to Jewish people and groups, FICTION / World Literature / Poland, Holocaust Memorial or Remembrance Days, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary