Olga Tokarczuk
Books and literary traditions in the Volumain atlas.
Books in the world atlas
Flights
Travellers and wanderers cross a mosaic of stories set in different places and periods. Tokarczuk connects their movement with questions about the body, passing time and the possibility of preserving experience through storytelling.
In the atlas: Poland
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
In a remote Polish village, Janina Duszejko tries to make sense of disturbing events and the disappearance of her dogs. Mysterious deaths turn her concern for animals into a confrontation with people certain of their right to dominate the natural world.
In the atlas: Poland
The Books of Jacob
A many-voiced historical novel follows Jacob Frank through the religious divisions and upheavals of eighteenth-century Europe.
In the atlas: Poland