Miss Nobody

by Tomek Tryzna

Book Overview

Marysia Kawczak is a fifteen-year-old girl growing up in the grey flatlands of Poland, where she feels she is predestined to become--like her mother--a house-slave, "a 210-pound lump of fat with... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385489390
• ISBN13: 9780385489393
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Doubleday Books
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Gripping & Sad

When Marysia, a naive 15 year old girl from rural Poland moves with her family to a housing project in the city to be closer to her father's work,all seems well(at first). She makes a friend,the very eccentric(but oddly likeable)Kasia,who dreams of becoming a great composer. Then Kasia's behavior becomes more and more odd; She claims to be possessed by a demon who is both her muse and her enemy,and even acts the part,growling, yelling for no reason then forgeting her actions the next day. When Kasia's moods become too much Marysia takes up with Eva, a "bad girl" type from a very wealthy family. Marysia happily imitates Eva's rebellious actions and they both dare each other to do things like steal things,call people names, then move on to death threats and eventually develop a Lesbian-type relationship. Marysia both scared and attracted to Eva ,even wants to follow her to college,rather than a trade school which her family can't afford. Then Kasia calls to apoligize. Marysia,now utterly under Eva's control wants to go to her but she (Eva) forbids it,even threatening sucide. What happens next is both fascinating and heart-breaking. This is a book that holds you from the first page. A searing look at teenage girls that is universal.

It is a wonderful novel about frienship.

I love this novel, I love the main character Marysia. I feel very close to her feelings and reactions and every little High School girl can feel this in the same way, because many of Marysia`s problems are so general that fifty percent of the world can feel with her. On the other hand it is a story about Poland today, a post-communistic place with all the stuff that is related to that. But the main story is about friendship - girl's friendship, truth and lies in that and what imagination can do. IT IS MY FAVOURITE NOVEL AND ONE OF THE BEST THINGS I HAVE EVER READ.