"Elegant "Marie Claire"
"Funny and revelatory." "New York Times Book Review"
"Deeply accessible, deeply moving." "Los Angeles Times"
"The Polish Boxer" covers a vast landscape of human experience while enfolding a search for origins: a grandson tries to make sense of his Polish grandfather's past and the story behind his numbered tattoo; a Serbian classical pianist longs for his forbidden heritage; a Mayan poet is torn between his studies and filial obligations; a striking young Israeli woman seeks answers in Central America; a university professor yearns for knowledge that he...