About the book: 1955 / The novel by Polish writer Kazimierz Brandys "Citizens" (1954) talks about socialist construction in Poland. Showing how, in the conditions of people's democratic Poland, the socialist consciousness of people is being formed, what kind of struggle is being waged for a new man, Kazimierz Brandys emphasizes the ubiquitous, comprehensive nature of this struggle. The novel creates a broad, multifaceted picture of the new Poland. The events described by Brandys take place in a variety of areas of economic and cultural life. The plot of the work is based on the history of housing construction in one of the districts of Warsaw, and the work of one of the Warsaw newspapers, and the events touched upon in the course of the action at the Iskra plant, and the life of the Warsaw school staff, and the personal relationships of the characters..