"Miastokoty" is a story led in a restless rock'n'roll rhythm about the fate of a group of friends of secondary school age. They dream of escaping the dullness of the provincial town and achieving success. However, the transition into adulthood turns out to be more difficult and painful than they expect, and the city itself, with its shameful history, becomes the villain of this novel. Roma themes are intertwined here with the history of a Jewish community whose existence has been erased from the collective memory. The ghost of Papuša, the Roma poet, appears in the mist at the edge of the forest. Love and dreams are put to the test and youthful enthusiasm struggles against the embarrassing everyday life.

Jacek Taran (born 1976) - Graduate of the Jagiellonian University, journalist and photojournalist for "Tygodnik Powszechny". His work has been published in "Gazeta Wyborcza", "Reporter ohne Grenzen", "Stuttgarter Zeitung", among others. From 2017 to 2022, he worked as a lecturer at the Faculty of Polish Studies at the Jagiellonian University. He has participated in solo and group exhibitions in Krakow, Chorzow, Warsaw, Vienna and Nuremberg. For her debut novel, "Biała Jaskółka" (Nad Fosą Publishing House, Krakow 2020), at the Krakow Book Fair in 2021, she received an award in the category "most engaging fiction". She lives in Kraków.