We are pleased to announce that Stara zbrodnia nie rdzewieje, a novel by Bolesławiec writer Iwona Banach, was recognised in the literary poll organised by the granice.pl portal. The work received the jury’s award in the crime fiction category. The portal describes the award-winning work as follows:
It is a book in which an intriguing crime mystery is accompanied by plenty of humour.
In Iwona Banach’s novel, the winners of a literary competition arrive at a hotel located on the outskirts of a small town. None of them knows who will receive the main prize. Each is hoping for their dreams to come true. The tension rises, and the climax comes when one of the jurors is murdered.
The granice.pl service adds:
Iwona Banach skilfully weaves together the successive threads that make up the plot of Stara zbrodnia nie rdzewieje, but above all, with a tremendous sense of humour, she portrays the world of writers. Delightful characters—especially a certain parrot with a very charming name, which uses a rather crude word with exceptional eloquence—situational and verbal humour, and excellent dialogue: all this makes reading Starej zbrodni nie rdzewieje a pure pleasure.
More about the poll
– This is the twelfth time that we have selected the best books for winter in the Granice.pl service’s poll, says Sławomir Krempa, the portal’s editor-in-chief. – Fortunately, despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, bookshops remain open, and readers are eager to reach for new releases. Once again, books have become an important part of many people’s daily lives, and for years they have also remained a popular gift for St Nicholas’ Day or Christmas. The 12 competition categories allowed us to identify the most interesting books published in recent months. They were judged by readers voting via the www.ksiazkanazime.pl website.
He adds:
Importantly, this voting is fully reliable, because votes are verified using SMS messages—unlike in initiatives modelled on the Granice.pl service’s competition. Each reader casts one vote, the results are credible and show Poles’ genuine reading choices; they show what people in our country are reading. In addition, the submitted books are assessed by jurors—specialists who have followed and commented on the book market for years, journalists, editors and literary scholars.
What do you think? Have you read Iwona Banach’s novel? How did you like it? We invite you to join the discussion.