Zbrodnia w starych dekoracjach – historyczne powieści kryminalne Jakuba Szamałka
Crime in old decorations – historical crime novels by Jakub Szamałek

Summary/Abstract: The article offers an analysis of the trilogy by Jakub Szamałek, which consists of the following novels: When Athena Averts Her Gaze (Gdy Atena odwraca wzrok), The Unwelcoming Sea (Morze Niegościnne) and Reading from Bones (Czytanie z kości). These works are scrutinised as an example of a sub-genre of the crime novel, the historical crime story. The analysis emphasises the typical features of the convention, with particular focus on the hybrid side of its nature, i.e. entanglement in the dilemmas of the historical novel: the necessity to make a choice, and the manner in which the past is structured as one of the constituents of the presentation.

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