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Nu, kak mozhno nasolit' staromu nelyubimomu muzhu, ofitseru anglijskikh kolonial'nykh vojsk Indii, akkuratistu i pedantu, dlya kotorogo chest' prevyshe vsego? Nikakikh problem - nado prosto vykrast' iz drevneindijskogo khrama samyj bol'shoj v mire brilliant, i pust' u polkovnika golova bolit, kak perezhit' tot priskorbnyj fakt, chto supruga okazalas'... nu skazhem tak... ne osobo schepetil'noj.Osuschestviv pokhischenie, yunaya Arabella vskore peredumala komprometirovat' muzha, no, k sozhaleniyu, sud'boj unikal'nogo kamnya interesovalis' slishkom mnogie. Na protyazhenii polutora vekov velikolepnyj almaz perekhodil iz ruk v ruki, chtoby vsplyt' v sovremennoj Pol'she. A uzh koli tak, bylo by naivno predpolagat', chto delom ne zainteresuetsya pani Ioanna.
576 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2009
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Joanna Chmielewska
124 books260 followersJoanna Chmielewska is the pen name of Irena Kühn (born 2 April 1932 in Warsaw), a Polish writer and screenplay author. Her work is often described as "ironic detective stories". Her novels, which have been translated into at least nine languages, have sold more than 6 million copies in Poland and over 10 million in Russia.
Joanna Chmielewska graduated as an architect in 1954 from Warsaw University of Technology, and worked as a designer before devoting herself to writing. Her first short story was published in the magazine Kultura i Życie (Culture and Life) in 1958 and her first novel, Klin (The Wedge), in 1964. She loves horse races and gambling: both hobbies have been mentioned extensively in her books. She is also a connoisseur of amber, a passion which form the basis for her 1998 novel Złota mucha (The Golden Fly).
To date, she has written more than fifty novels. Most frequently, the protagonist is a woman called Joanna that inherits many characteristics from Chmielewska herself. She also often writes about Joanna's friends like Alicja (We Are All Suspects, All in Red), co-workers (We Are All Suspects, Wild Protein) or family (The Forefathers' Wells, Bad Luck).
Joanna Chmielewska graduated as an architect in 1954 from Warsaw University of Technology, and worked as a designer before devoting herself to writing. Her first short story was published in the magazine Kultura i Życie (Culture and Life) in 1958 and her first novel, Klin (The Wedge), in 1964. She loves horse races and gambling: both hobbies have been mentioned extensively in her books. She is also a connoisseur of amber, a passion which form the basis for her 1998 novel Złota mucha (The Golden Fly).
To date, she has written more than fifty novels. Most frequently, the protagonist is a woman called Joanna that inherits many characteristics from Chmielewska herself. She also often writes about Joanna's friends like Alicja (We Are All Suspects, All in Red), co-workers (We Are All Suspects, Wild Protein) or family (The Forefathers' Wells, Bad Luck).
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