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The world is becoming increasingly bizarre. Surprising and unpredictable stories from the Nobel Prize-winning author. Where does the feeling of strangeness come from? Is strangeness a property of the world, or does it hide more within ourselves? The word "bizarre" comes from the French bizarre, which means "strange," "peculiar," but also "surprising." And that is precisely how — astonishing and beyond all categories — is Olga Tokarczuk's latest book. Ten stories, each set in a different space: in Volhynia during the invasion of Swedish troops, in contemporary Switzerland, in distant Asia, in imaginary places. The changing rhythm of the stories keeps the reader in suspense, so they are never quite sure what will happen on the next page. The author throws them off balance, pushes them out of their comfort zone, and shows that the world is becoming less and less comprehensible. Elements of the grotesque, black humor, fantasy, and horror reveal that in reality, nothing is as it seems at first glance.
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Author: Tokarczuková Olga
Publication date: February 4, 2021
Manufacturer: Host - vydavatelství, s. r. o.
Genres: Novels, World fiction, Books, Fiction
Type: Books - paperback
Pages: 230
ISBN/EAN: 9788027505296