Polish version of hard-boiled novel: Death in Breslau by Marek Krajewski on the background of the Polish crime fiction history

In the nineteenth century and in beginning of twentieth few Polish authors exploited convention crime fiction. The situation improved Interwar period, but World War II interrupted evolution this literary genre Poland. After war, due to state’s cultural policy, fiction could not be published between 1948 1956. Since 1956 (in which Thaw began) a specific type began develop Poland: militia novel persuasive function dominated over entertainment function. has changed after political transformation 1989. book market been by foreign authors, such as Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers, Arthur Conan Doyle so on. Only Death Breslau, 1999 (the first 11 novels Eberhard Mock’s series far), is Marek Krajewski’s debut representing hard-boiled genre, broken domination. writer used gore aesthetic (which was something new fiction), grim main character, an interesting, non-obvious setting: prewar Wrocław, that Breslau. success initiated era history contributed Poland – including rise retro version