Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead: A Novel
Written by Olga Tokarczuk
Narrated by Beata Pozniak
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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?
Olga Tokarczuk
Olga Tokarczuk, una de las mejores y más celebradas escritoras polacas actuales, ha recibido el Premio Nobel de Literatura 2018, otorgado en 2019, y ha sido galardonada con premios como el Brueckepreis o el Nike, el más prestigioso de los que se conceden en su país. Autora de nueve novelas y tres libros de relatos, sus obras se han traducido a cuarenta y cinco lenguas y le han valido el reconocimiento de colegas como Annie Proulx («Una escritora del nivel de W. G. Sebald») o Svetlana Alexiévich («Una escritora magnífica»). En Anagrama ha publicado Un lugar llamado Antaño: «Tokarczuk se muestra tan hábil en la creación de personajes como en la articulación de la trama, creando un universo donde los hechos están salpicados de refl exiones filosófi cas y explosiones de lirismo» (Rafael Narbona, El Mundo); Los errantes, Premio Man Booker Internacional 2018 y finalista del National Book Award en la categoría de libros traducidos: «Un hermoso libro sobre la necesidad de traspasar fronteras para saber algo más de nosotros mismos» (Rafael Narbona, El Mundo); «Una novela-constelación» (Marta Rebón, El País); «Libro fascinante, sin género» (Mercedes Monmany, ABC); «Un libro inagotable» (Domingo Ródenas de Moya, El Periódico); «Tal vez estemos ante el mejor libro de viajes jamás escrito» (Antonio Lozano, La Vanguardia); «Un mosaico vibrante de historias» (Pablo Martínez Zarracina, El Correo); «Una gran y gozosa lectura» (Santiago Aizarna, El Diario Vasco) y Los libros de Jacob:«Una obra que pide ser leída en los mismos términos que Guerra y paz» (Tim Smith-Laing, The Telegraph).
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5What a great writer and well translated! It is a joy to read, I loved the protagonist, the fearless courageous, whimsy old lady with her view on all living things and her companions, so very realistic and the right amount of humor. A delight.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Intriguing premise and good writing but a bit too dark for my taste. Others might enjoy it though.