Nocturnal Animals chronicles a frenetic weekend in Warsaw. Its protagonist, Tamara Mortus—a dejected but determined woman, equally fascinating and repulsive—represents an entire lost generation, full of contradictions, who feel the ineffable need to make mistakes in order to find their own authentic path; beings full of cracks, who along the way try to reconstruct themselves—puzzle-like—with the pieces of themselves they've managed to collect.

A finalist for the Nike Literary Prize—the most prestigious in her country—and nominated for the Gdynia Literary Prize, Patrycja Pustkowiak's debut novel, through her excellent use of tools such as irony, dark humor, and a sharp insight, offers us a metaphorical portrait of our times, a fun and provocative satire that will make us reflect on the ethos cultivated by our environment.