CRS Book Club: “Confidential,” a novel by Mikolaj Grynberg
Thursday, March 26 • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Confidential, a novel by Mikolaj Grynberg
Acclaimed Polish author Mikołaj Grynberg offers a darkly comic and emotionally rich portrait of a Jewish family navigating life in contemporary Poland. Spanning three generations shaped by the Holocaust, this brief but powerful novella explores memory, trauma, and love—with a grandfather seeking only pleasure, a father paralyzed by the past, and a mother who grieves at strangers’ funerals. With sharp humor and deep humanity, Grynberg captures the unspoken weight of history and the complicated ways it lingers across generations.
CRS Book Club gathers on a Thursday each month at 7:00 PM to discuss books (fiction and non-fiction, plays, and poetry) written by Jewish authors or that have a Jewish theme. See a book that interests you? Read it and join us for the discussion! Learn more about CRS Book Club here.
Confidential, a novel by Mikolaj Grynberg
Acclaimed Polish author Mikołaj Grynberg offers a darkly comic and emotionally rich portrait of a Jewish family navigating life in contemporary Poland. Spanning three generations shaped by the Holocaust, this brief but powerful novella explores memory, trauma, and love—with a grandfather seeking only pleasure, a father paralyzed by the past, and a mother who grieves at strangers’ funerals. With sharp humor and deep humanity, Grynberg captures the unspoken weight of history and the complicated ways it lingers across generations.
CRS Book Club gathers on a Thursday each month at 7:00 PM to discuss books (fiction and non-fiction, plays, and poetry) written by Jewish authors or that have a Jewish theme. See a book that interests you? Read it and join us for the discussion! Learn more about CRS Book Club here.
