The Beautiful Mrs Seidenman

Magnificent. Complex, wise, unsentimental and very moving
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Dense, lyrical and deeply unsettling
New York Times

A fine balance between poetic tenderness and an unflinching account of the brutal realities of the day
Guardian

Extraordinarily original
Los Angeles Times

The prose is stunning, thanks to a masterful translation by Klara Glowczewska, and the characters are so fully fleshed that they seem to step off the page
NPR

Grips the reader with the power of a high-class thriller
Frankfurter Rundschau

All at once she thought that a life is only that which has passed. There is no life other than memory

In the Nazi-occupied Warsaw of 1943, Irma Seidenman, a young Jewish widow, possesses two attributes that can spell the difference between life and death: blue eyes and blond hair. Paired with false papers, she passes as the wife of a Polish officer, until one day an informer spots her on the street.

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 Irmas arrest and the events that lead to her dramatic rescue.