Originally published in Polish as Pozatek in 1986, The Beautiful Mrs. Seidenman chronicles the lives of Jewish and Christian Poles and Germans in 1943 Nazi-occupied Warsaw. When Irma Seidenman, a Jewish widow with "Aryan" features, is arrested, the characters connect to pull off an unprecedented rescue…but this novel is so much more than that. With each new character comes a haunting narrative: a lyrical, sometimes shocking, exploration of their fears, their beliefs, and their futures, as unsettling and complex as real flesh and bone.