Na śmierć, 1863
By Jan Gnatowski
A short novel of the January Uprising of 1863, told by Janio, a boy of eight living with his mother in Kiev. His older brother Staś has been arrested and held in the fortress, and from the whispering women, secret visitors and his mother's days in government offices the child slowly learns what is at stake.
Summary written with Claude Opus 5.5.