Books by Olga Tokarczuk (12)



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Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk EN

Rating: 4 (44 votes)
Country: Europe / Poland flag Poland
Description:
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE New York Times Readers Pick: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century "A brilliant literary murder mystery." —Chicago Tribune "Extraordinary. Tokarczuk's novel is funny, vivid, dangerous, and disturbing, and it raises some fierce questions about human behavior. My sincere admiration for her brilliant work." —Annie Proulx In a remote Polish village, Janina devotes the dark winter days to studying astrology, translating the poetry of William Blake, and taking care of the summer homes of wealthy Warsaw residents. Her reputation as a crank and a recluse is amplifi... continue

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Flights by Olga Tokarczuk EN

Rating: 4 (6 votes)
Country: Europe / Poland flag Poland
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WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST FOR TRANSLATED LITERATURE A visionary work of fiction by "A writer on the level of W. G. Sebald" (Annie Proulx) "A magnificent writer." — Svetlana Alexievich, Nobel Prize-winning author of Secondhand Time "A beautifully fragmented look at man's longing for permanence.... Ambitious and complex." — Washington Post From the incomparably original Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk, Flights interweaves reflections on travel with an in-depth exploration of the human body, broaching life, death... continue

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Gesang der Fledermäuse by Olga Tokarczuk DE

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Poland flag Poland
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Ein Dorf an der polnisch-tschechischen Grenze. Im Sommer tummeln sich hier wohlhabende Warschauer. In den Wintermonaten fliehen die meisten Einwohner das windumtoste Hochplateau im Glatzer Kessel. Die alleinstehende Englischlehrerin Janina Deszeijko widmet sich in den langen dunklen Tagen ihren astrologischen Studien und der Übersetzung von Gedichten des verehrten Willam Blake. Man hält die alte Dame für verschroben, wenn nicht gar für verrückt, auch weil sie die Gesellschaft von Tieren der von Menschen vorzieht. Dann gibt es einen Toten. Janinas ungeliebter Nachbar Big Foot ist grausam erstic... continue

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Jaag je ploeg over de botten van de doden by Olga Tokarczuk NL

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Poland flag Poland
Description:
In een afgelegen Pools dorpje vertelt de excentrieke zestiger Janina Duszejko over de dood van haar buurman en de andere vreemde gebeurtenissen van de laatste tijd. Janina leidt een teruggetrokken leven: ze houdt van de natuur, van astrologie en vertaalt de poëzie van William Blake. Wanneer leden van de lokale jachtvereniging dood worden aangetroffen, raakt ze als een Poolse Miss Marple betrokken bij het politieonderzoek.

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Los errantes by Olga Tokarczuk ES

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Poland flag Poland
Description:
Una novela única, ligera y honda a la vez, que indaga en las posibilidades del género para hablar sobre el cuerpo, el mundo y las estrategias siempre insuficientes con que intentamos cartografiarlos. Al principio de Los errantes, la narradora esboza un autorretrato que es también una poética: «A todas luces yo carecía de ese gen que hace que en cuanto se detiene uno en un lugar por un tiempo más o menos largo, enseguida eche raíces. (…) Mi energía es generada por el movimiento: el vaivén de los autobuses, el traqueteo de los trenes, el rugido de los motores de avión, el balanceo de los ferrys.... continue

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Sobre Los Huesos de Los Muertos by Olga Tokarczuk ES

Rating: 4 (2 votes)
Country: Europe / Poland flag Poland
Description:
"Un cazador furtivo muere en un bosque de Polonia, y alrededor de su cadáver se descubren huellas de origen animal. Nadie les da importancia, salvo una profesora jubilada, lectora y traductora de William Blake. Pero a medida que otras personas mueren, y que el bosque se llena de individuos extraños, alguien debe investigar quién es el ser que se atreve a atacar a los habitantes más violentos del pueblo"--Back cover.

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The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Poland flag Poland
Description:
The much-anticipated English translation of Olga Tokarczuk’s magnum opus

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The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story by Olga Tokarczuk EN

Rating: 4 (3 votes)
Country: Europe / Poland flag Poland
Description:
AN INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER! “A folk horror story with a deceptively light and knowing tone … elegant and genuinely unsettling.” –The New York Times Book Review The Nobel Prize winner’s latest masterwork, set in a sanitarium on the eve of World War I, probes the horrors that lie beneath our most hallowed ideas September 1913. A young Pole suffering from tuberculosis arrives at Wilhelm Opitz’s Guesthouse for Gentlemen in the village of Görbersdorf, a health resort in the Silesian mountains. Every evening the residents gather to imbibe the hallucinogenic local liqueur and debate the great iss... continue

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The Lost Soul by Olga Tokarczuk EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Poland flag Poland
Description:
A beautifully illustrated meditation on the fullness of life for readers of all ages by by Nobel Prize-winning novelist Olga Tokarczuk. "Olga Tokarczuk’s The Lost Soul, an experimental fable illustrated by Joanna Concejo and translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones, resonates with our current moment. . . . What a striking, and lovely, material object it is." —New York Times "The Lost Soul, by Olga Tokarczuk and illustrator Joanna Concejo, is a quiet meditation on happiness, following a busy man who loses his soul. . . It pours a childlike sense of wonder into a once-upon-a-time tale that is already r... continue

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Tierra de Empusas by Olga Tokarczuk ES

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Poland flag Poland
Description:
September 1913. A young Pole suffering from tuberculosis arrives at Wilhelm Opitz's Guesthouse for Gentlemen in the village of Görbersdorf, a health resort in the Silesian mountains. Every evening the residents gather to imbibe the hallucinogenic local liqueur and debate the great issues of the day: Monarchy or democracy? Do devils exist? Are women born inferior? War or peace? Meanwhile, disturbing things are happening in the guesthouse and the surrounding hills. Someone--or something--seems to be watching, attempting to infiltrate this cloistered world. Little does the newcomer realize, as he... continue

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Un Lugar Llamado Antaño by Olga Tokarczuk ES

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Poland flag Poland
Description:
La novela narra las pequeñas anécdotas y hechos fantásticos que van ocurriendo en el pueblo ficticio de Antaño, mientras afuera, en el mundo, ocurren guerras y hechos turbulentos que apenas tocan levemente a sus habitantes,y sin que entiendan demasiado de que se trata. Una novela con la poesía de la inocencia.