Stefan Hwin is one of the few undisputed authorities in Polish literature in recent years. His style, which revives the traditions of classical writing, is a unique and almost daring phenomenon. The novel "The Governess" is surrounded by the aura of bygone times. Slow narration, meticulously described objects and realities. And eternal questions that take on special poignancy against this background. The image of the beautiful and mysterious Esther, suddenly struck down by a serious illness, makes you think about the fragility of human existence, about life and death, about the phenomenon of suffering, about the divine and the demonic...