SYRENY MAJĄ OŚCI

A captivating novel by Aleksandra Zielińska that takes the reader into a world of family secrets and female strength. Discover the story of Zofia, who must face the past and an inherited curse. Will she find the truth in her family home in Grzmoty?

• A story of a women's community full of emotions and secrets.
• The body as a carrier of memory - scales growing from trauma.
• Love that hurts but also protects - mother-daughter relationships.
• Literally mature play with the tradition of prose by Elena Ferrante and Annie Proulx.
• Soggy Grzmoty and swollen San - forgotten maps of generations of women.
• Mermaid-witches managing the local world, independent and fighting for their freedom.
• The true costs of rebellion - dealing with a difficult past.

In her latest novel, "Syreny mają ości", Aleksandra Zielińska touches on the theme of heritage, trauma and the strength of women. The women of the Ambroziewicz family are cursed, and the youngest of them, Zofia, tries to escape from the family seat of Grzmoty. But her body reminds her of her inherited fate - reddened skin looks like fish scales. Is this a psychosomatic reaction or the true nature of a mermaid? Zofia receives letters from her mother, who is dead, and in them hides a trace of the story that she must rewrite according to her own ideas.

Returning to her family home in the San bend becomes a journey for Zofia into the depths of herself and her past. What secrets do mother, grandmother and great-grandmother hide? Why are these secrets coming to light now? Zielińska creates a story about the body as a carrier of memory, about scales that grow from trauma, and about the fact that love can both hurt and protect. This novel is a literally mature play with the tradition of prose by Elena Ferrante or Annie Proulx, transferred to the Polish reality of soggy Grzmoty and swollen San.

The author boldly reaches for the motif of mother and daughter, known from the works of Toni Morrison, Elena Ferrante or Zadie Smith, to tell about Polish mermaids, women who manage the local world, independent and fighting for their freedom. Zielińska takes on a family of mermaid-witches, grandmother-fortune tellers, and deals with the true costs of their rebellion. It is a story about the strength of women, their heritage and their struggle for their own identity. The novel "Syreny mają ości" is a literary feast for lovers of deep, emotional stories.

Publisher: Agora
Year of publication: 2025
Number of pages: 536
Cover: paperback
Format: 210x138 mm