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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
About the author
Joanna Chmielewska
143 books261 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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