16.10.2026, 7:00 PM
After The Doll, Stanisław Wokulski?
Bogumił Wójcik tackles one of the most fascinating
questions in Polish lit and leads the hero of the
master story down new paths.
The year 1879. Stanisław Wokulski seeks life’s meaning
after losing great love and shattered illusions.
A long journey through Russia and the Middle East to Japan
is for him not an escape, but a quest into himself.
On his path he meets remarkable women, each hiding
her own story and power of secrets. Izabela Łęcka,
Kazimiera Wąsowska & Anna Siergiejewna aren’t just
witnesses of his change – they make choices too.
and follow their own paths…
“A dynamic, realistically set late 19th-century tale about regaining freedom, accepting responsibility, and the right to choose one’s own path.”
Aneta Korycińska, “Polish Teacher”
Bogumił Wójcik performed a solemn and profound work. From start to finish he was ethical and erudite, well prepared by his previous novels. The author's unique vision tells of Wokulski maturing into his first constructive solitude – the birth of Wokulski the traveler, globetrotter, nomad, even transcontinental European. If I had to sum the whole story in one word, I would say: farewell to romanticism and a welcome to Polishness on new, more mature terms than ever before. This is Wokulski interpreted by Wójcik – Wokulski overcome, and thus victorious. Victorious, and therefore overcome.”
dr hab. Karol Samsel, Prof. UW
Bogumił Wójcik- lawyer by education, historian by passion. Author of historical novels who pays close attention to period details while creating vivid characters. He wrote “Outremer. The Promised Land” (2024) and “Outremer. Shadows of Venice” (2025), set in medieval times. An enthusiast of oriental archery in his free time.
