Lolo
And Other Stories
Published by Diogenes as Lolo
Original Title: Lolo
Lolo always presses the right buttons to keep her bearded master satisfied – and then she gets bacon. But only for Lolo. Until one day, Lolo's friend, the other laboratory rat, who is getting hungrier and hungrier because she doesn't know how to press the right buttons, finds a method with which she will also get something … In Monisa Clavier, a Polish tourist is lying in wait for a Western film star. Everything now depends on him catching her attention. As the complex-ridden Polish youngster fails to do this, he pretends to be a glass-smashing Russian at a party, because, as foreigners, Russians appear to enjoy an advantage in the West. In this way, the young Pole reaches his primary goal, but this is just where his problems really begin.
Contemporary Literature
304 pages
2000

978-3-257-06243-4
Slawomir
Mrozek

Sławomir Mrożek was born in Borzecin, Poland, in 1930. He was first known as a caricaturist and author of satirical short stories. His plays (Tango, The Emigrants, Striptease, and many others) made him world famous. In 1968 he went into exile. After living many years in Paris and later in Mexico, he returned to Poland in 1996 and spent the final years of his life in southern France. He died on August 15, 2013 in Nice.

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