Operation Hyacinth
Few outside of Poland are aware that during the 1980's the Polish government orchestrated a cruel anti-gay program that targeted and punished queer people under the code name Operation Hyacinth.

Pawel Kurczab, a gay Polish author, has written a devastating debut novel combining the true history of Poland's discrimination of LGBTQ+ people and his own experiences growing up in Poland, creating a love story in his novel Hyacinth.

The novel follows Kamil, a simple SB officer complicity following orders from the communist party of Poland, weeding out revolutionaries and spreading propaganda. For his loyalty, he's given everything he's ever dreamed of having. One day, Kamil is tasked to participate in Operation Hyacinth, where he must disguise himself to infiltrate the gay community. Little does he know, the operation will change his life forever as he comes to terms with who he really is under a dictatorship that dictates who and what love should be.
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Operation Hyacinth
Few outside of Poland are aware that during the 1980's the Polish government orchestrated a cruel anti-gay program that targeted and punished queer people under the code name Operation Hyacinth.

Pawel Kurczab, a gay Polish author, has written a devastating debut novel combining the true history of Poland's discrimination of LGBTQ+ people and his own experiences growing up in Poland, creating a love story in his novel Hyacinth.

The novel follows Kamil, a simple SB officer complicity following orders from the communist party of Poland, weeding out revolutionaries and spreading propaganda. For his loyalty, he's given everything he's ever dreamed of having. One day, Kamil is tasked to participate in Operation Hyacinth, where he must disguise himself to infiltrate the gay community. Little does he know, the operation will change his life forever as he comes to terms with who he really is under a dictatorship that dictates who and what love should be.
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Operation Hyacinth

Operation Hyacinth

by Pawel Kurczab
Operation Hyacinth

Operation Hyacinth

by Pawel Kurczab

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Overview

Few outside of Poland are aware that during the 1980's the Polish government orchestrated a cruel anti-gay program that targeted and punished queer people under the code name Operation Hyacinth.

Pawel Kurczab, a gay Polish author, has written a devastating debut novel combining the true history of Poland's discrimination of LGBTQ+ people and his own experiences growing up in Poland, creating a love story in his novel Hyacinth.

The novel follows Kamil, a simple SB officer complicity following orders from the communist party of Poland, weeding out revolutionaries and spreading propaganda. For his loyalty, he's given everything he's ever dreamed of having. One day, Kamil is tasked to participate in Operation Hyacinth, where he must disguise himself to infiltrate the gay community. Little does he know, the operation will change his life forever as he comes to terms with who he really is under a dictatorship that dictates who and what love should be.

Product Details

BN ID: 2940162737087
Publisher: Riverdale Avenue Books LLC
Publication date: 11/30/2020
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 152 KB

About the Author

Pawel Kurczab was born on 5th of December 1972 in Limanowa (Poland). He holds a BS in Sociology from the University of Szczecin. Over the years, he has worked as a paramedic, a social worker and a probation officer.

Pawel has always been a student of social psychology and the sociology of culture. As a sociologist, he wanted to present the Operation Hyacinth action from an individual's experience and not in the form of a documentary or reportage, as it has been the case so far. Since 2007, he has been living in England (the UK) where he works for the National Health Service.

Operation Hyacinth is his first novel. He has now started working on his second novel.
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