A Father for Lilja, by Ryszard I. Merey Based on more than ten

Based on more than ten years of archival research and German sociological study

Or will he fail and be forced to wander the world as one of them

or a good old-fashioned slap to the senses

For his war

and the murdering of innocent civilians-and K

A Father for Lilja, by Ryszard I. Merey Based on more than tenRyszard Merey's new novel, A Father for Lilja, offers a lyrical tale of gender identity and the complexities of family, both biological and chosen. At her summer home in Provence, Jain is infatuated with her cousin Viju, who returns the interest but distance soon separates the pair. As an adult, Jain finds love with Nine, a young man who bears a resemblance to Viju. But Nine has a lover, Emilio Emilia, ambiguously gendered. New.