Like Oriana Falacci, Toranska perfected the art of the interview, and is perhaps best known for her ground-breaking best seller Oni, published by Kultura, Paris, when it was came out in English by Harper and Row as Them.
Her interviews with former Stalinist revealed the secrets of the Kremlin and the twisted lives of the communist leaders. After the revolutionary changes in 1989-91, Teresa followed with My [We] and Byli [Has-beens], and became a TV show host, associated for many years with Gazeta Wyborcza. Perhaps the best example of her disrobing interviewing style is her meeting with General Wojciech Jaruzelski who exposes himself as a spineless opportunist to be pitied rather than a system shaker and a patriot. She will be much missed.
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