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The Slave by Isaac Bashevis Singer Originally written in Yiddish by a Polish Jewish émigré, this story recounts the experience of a Jew in the 17th century, the period in which With Fire and Sword is set. Four years after the Chmielnicki massacres of the seventeenth century, Jacob, a slave and cowherd in a Polish village high in the mountains, …

Monologue of a Dog by Wisława Szymborska Arguably the best volume of poetry by this Nobel Prize-winning poet in a dual language edition that will allow us to read her in translation and compare back to the original. With humor, irony, and compassion, she explores everyday moments alongside larger questions of history, memory, love, and human existence. Pick your favorite …

Józef Wittlin, The Salt of the Earth. Translated by Patrick John Corness. A classic pacifist novel along the lines of All Quiet on the Western Front, written by a Polish veteran during the interwar period and nominated for the Nobel Prize.  Just in time for Polish Independence Day and Armistice Day. "The villagers of the Carpathian Mountains lead a simple …