Karolina, or The Torn Curtain
Author: Dehnel, Jacek,Tarczynski, Piotr
ISBN: 9781786079299
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Year first published: 30 Mar 2021
Pages: 336 Format: Paperback / softback
"Easter, 1895.
The biggest event in the Catholic calendar is a disaster in Zofia Turbotynska's household. Her maid Karolina has handed in her notice and worse, gone missing. When Karolina's body is discovered, violated and stabbed, Zofia knows she has to investigate.
Following a trail that leads her from the poorest districts of Galicia to the highest echelons of society, Zofia uncovers a web of gang crimes, sex-trafficking and corruption that will force her to question everything she knows.
Set against the backdrop of the women's cause, Karolina and the Torn Curtain refuses to turn a blind eye to the injustices and inequalities of its era and ours."
ISBN: 9781786079299
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Year first published: 30 Mar 2021
Pages: 336 Format: Paperback / softback
"Easter, 1895.
The biggest event in the Catholic calendar is a disaster in Zofia Turbotynska's household. Her maid Karolina has handed in her notice and worse, gone missing. When Karolina's body is discovered, violated and stabbed, Zofia knows she has to investigate.
Following a trail that leads her from the poorest districts of Galicia to the highest echelons of society, Zofia uncovers a web of gang crimes, sex-trafficking and corruption that will force her to question everything she knows.
Set against the backdrop of the women's cause, Karolina and the Torn Curtain refuses to turn a blind eye to the injustices and inequalities of its era and ours."
