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Did This Hand Kill? (Polish Reportage)

Cezary Lazarewicz

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9781948830799
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Published by:
Open Letter
Translated by:
Sean Bye
Pub date:
03/26/2024
Binding type:
Paperback
Pages:
232
ISBN:
9781948830799
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The follow up to Lazarewicz's harrowing Żeby Nie Bylo Śladów (Leave No Trace) depicting the case of the political
murder of Grzegorz Przemyk--which earned Lazarewicz the Nike Literary Award in 2017--Did This Hand Kill? focuses on the case of Rita Gorgonowa, a cause célèbre of the interwar
period in Poland.


Gorgonowa, a governess having an affair with her employer, was accused of brutally murdering his daughter, the 17-year-old Lusia on New Year's Eve in 1931. Despite her claims of innocence, Gorgonowa was declared
Poland's ultimate villain, and eventually convicted.


But questions remain about this case--the most notorious murder trial of the Second Polish Republic--along with questions about what exactly happened to Gorgonowa post-World War II. Lazarewicz revisits the crime with a contemporary lens and recreates the furor and celebrity revolving around this murder.