A review by olaolalala
Palę Paryż/Palę Moskwę by Paul Morand, Bruno Jasieński

4.0

This book is what happens when a poet, who is also a deeply political activist, tries to write a novel. There are passages (I read it in Polish), that are the height of Polish prose, hands down the best fragments of literature in Polish I've ever read.

There is also the political agenda of the book. While I embrace the vision of workers taking over, etc., the whole plot (and also execution of non-Paris storylines), are pretty weak.