num_pages: 448
description: Madame tells the story of a self-absorbed Polish teenager as he pursues intellectual maturity, and the woman of his dreams, his French teacher 'Madame', in the communist-dominated Warsaw of the early 1970s.Libera paces his exuberant young hero's fulminations, fantasies and discoveries beautifully, building a remarkably subtle characterisation of a free mind in a repressive culture. This is one of those rare novels which reminds us why we love books. A consummate literary entertainment.
language: English
title: Madame
titlecomplete: Madame
genres: Favorites, Literature, Classics, Polish Literature, School, Novels, Contemporary, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Poland
ratings_count: 2948
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Dublin Literary Award
category: Shortlist
publisher: Canongate Books