Madame by Antoni Libera📖

Summary of Madame 

In Antoni Libera’s coming-of-age novel “Madame”, a 17-year-old Polish teenager falls in love with his beautiful and sophisticated French teacher and embarks on a quest to get her attention and uncover the secrets of her past. The novel is set in Communist Warsaw during the 1960s.

Reasons to read Madame 

“Madame” captures the story of a schoolboy’s infatuation with his teacher and his longing for the culture and freedoms of the West. Though the premise might seem cliché, “Madame” is a compelling, intelligent, and humorous novel that vividly portrays life in Communist Poland during the 1960s. “Madame” is the debut novel of – Polish writer Antoni Libera.

Setting: Warsaw (Poland)

Original title: Madame

Year of publication: 1998

Nr of pages: 448