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In diesen Essays und Reden zeichnet Olga Tokarczuk eine Karte ihrer vielfältigen Interessen und Inspirationen und gewährt uns Einblick in ihr schriftstellerisches Laboratorium. Wie baut sie ihre Geschichten auf? Welcher realistischen und phantastischen Motive bedient sie sich? Wie konstruiert sie ihre Figuren, die so unterschiedliche Gefühle bei den Lesern wecken? Jede dieser essayistischen Exkursionen zeigt uns aber auch ihr Bemühen, die Welt in ihrer unendlichen Komplexität zu begreifen und vermeintlich alltäglichen Dingen einen neuen Sinn zu verleihen. Und so ist dieses Buch eine Einladung, hinter die Kulissen des Werks der Literaturnobelpreisträgerin zu schauen, und zugleich eine große, faszinierende Erzählung über die Welt, in der wir leben.

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 amplified by her not-so-secret preference for the company of animals over humans. Then a neighbor, Big Foot, turns up dead. Soon other bodies are discovered, in increasingly strange circumstances. As suspicions mount, Janina inserts herself into the investigation, certain that she knows whodunit. If only anyone would pay her mind . . . A deeply satisfying thriller cum fairy tale, Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead is a provocative exploration of the murky borderland between sanity and madness, justice and tradition, autonomy and fate. Whom do we deem sane? it asks. Who is worthy of a voice?

The Nobel Prize-winner's most ambitious novel yet chronicles the meteoric rise and fall of a mysterious, messianic religious leader in eighteenth-century Europe. In the mid-1700s, as new ideas and unrest sweep across the Continent, a young Jew of enigmatic origins arrives in a Polish village. He soon transforms his identity and persona; Jacob Frank, experiencing what appear to be ecstatic visions, captivates an increasingly fervent following. Over the next decade, he journeys through the Hapsburg and Ottoman empires, constantly reinventing himself—converting to Islam, then Catholicism—while being both vilified as a heretic and revered as the Messiah. His presence disrupts the established order of both Jewish and Christian communities, fueled by scandalous rumors of secret rituals and his radical beliefs. The narrative, centered on the real historical figure of Frank, is enriched by the perspectives of those around him—his admirers, detractors, a betraying friend, and a woman who sees through his facade. This tale captures a world on the brink of transformation, grappling with uncertainty and yearning for transcendence.

Czy zwierzęta noszą maski? I co się kryje w ich oczach, skoro „nie ma tam duszy”? Czy możliwa jest heterotopia – świat radykalnie inny od naszego, gdzie „nie ma mowy o zabijaniu i zjadaniu”, bo Inni to „partnerzy, bliscy”? Gdzie zamiast wiedzy-władzy mamy strategię świadomej niewiedzy, a zamiast dominacji – współodczuwanie? Balansując na granicy literackiej mitologii i krytycznej eseistyki, Olga Tokarczuk opowiada nam o ciele, seksualności i śmierci, o uwikłaniu w płeć i uwiedzeniu darkroomem. O Michelu Faberze i Matriksie. A także o swoich podróżach, mapach lęków i lądów, ulicach Amsterdamu i horyzoncie Masywu Ślęży.

WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL 2018 Flights, a novel about travel in the twenty-first century and human anatomy, is Olga Tokarczuk's most ambitious to date. It interweaves travel narratives and reflections on travel with an in-depth exploration of the human body, broaching life, death, motion, and migration. From the seventeenth century, we have the story of the Dutch anatomist Philip Verheyen, who dissected and drew pictures of his own amputated leg. From the eighteenth century, we have the story of a North African-born slave turned Austrian courtier stuffed and put on display after his death. In the nineteenth century, we follow Chopin's heart as it makes the covert journey from Paris to Warsaw. In the present we have the trials of a wife accompanying her much older husband as he teaches a course on a cruise ship in the Greek islands, and the harrowing story of a young husband whose wife and child mysteriously vanish on a holiday on a Croatian island. With her signature grace and insight, Olga Tokarczuk guides the reader beyond the surface layer of modernity and towards the core of the very nature of humankind.

Velký snář tvoří výtah staroegyptské a chaldejské nauky. Kniha byla zpracována podle předválečných vydání snářů a obohacena o novodobé termíny.

Nowa Ruda is a small town in Silesia, an area that has been a part of Poland, Germany and the former Czechoslovakia in the past. When the narrator of this novel moves into the area, she discovers everyone - and everything - has its own story. schovat popis

Tato kniha byla napsána na základě dokumentárního cyklu polské televize "Sensacje XX wieku" (Senzace 20. století) a obsahuje 24 příběhů popisujících největší události, které ovlivnily historii minulého století. V knize najdete popis největších dramat odehrávajících se ve vládních kabinetech, sklepeních tajné policie a na bitevních polích. Dozvíte se, zda byl Lenin německým agentem, proč Stalin v roce 1939 nebral vážně varování špióna Sorgeho, který ho informoval o termínu německého útoku na Sovětský Svaz, co zachránilo maršála Žukova v roce 1946 nebo proč Warreonva komise vyšetřující smrt J.F. Kennedyho obelhala celý svět.