With Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead, Man Booker International Prize-winner Olga Tokarczuk returns with a subversive, entertaining noir novel. In a remote Polish village, Janina Duszejko, an eccentric woman in her sixties, recounts the events surrounding the disappearance of her two dogs. She is reclusive, preferring the company of animals to people; she's unconventional, believing in the stars; and she is fond of the poetry of William Blake, from whose work the title of the book is taken. When members of a local hunting club are found murdered, Duszejko becomes involved in the investigation. By no means a conventional crime story, this existential thriller by 'one of Europe's major humanist writers' (Guardian) offers thought-provoking ideas on our perceptions of madness, injustice against marginalized people, animal rights, the hypocrisy of traditional religion, belief in predestination - and caused a genuine political uproar in Tokarczuk's native Poland.
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Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
von Olga Tokarczuk
With Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead, Man Booker International Prize-winner Olga Tokarczuk returns with a subversive, entertaining noir novel. In a remote Polish village, Janina Duszejko, an eccentric woman in her sixties, recounts the events surrounding the disappearance of her two dogs. She is reclusive, preferring the company of animals to people; she's unconventional, believing in the stars; and she is fond of the poetry of William Blake, from whose work the title of the book is taken. When members of a local hunting club are found murdered, Duszejko becomes involved in the investigation. By no means a conventional crime story, this existential thriller by 'one of Europe's major humanist writers' (Guardian) offers thought-provoking ideas on our perceptions of madness, injustice against marginalized people, animal rights, the hypocrisy of traditional religion, belief in predestination - and caused a genuine political uproar in Tokarczuk's native Poland.
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Rezension von AnnaDas beste Buch, das jemals geschrieben wurde. Ich habe es vor 2 Jahren schon auf deutsch gelesen, seit dem habe ich fast 100 Bücher gelesen und trotzdem bleibe ich dabei, das ist das beste Buch jemals. Es enthält so viele Stellen die so einzigartig wunderschön sind, am liebsten würde ich sie mir ausdrucken und an die Wand hängen, damit ich sie jeden Tag lesen kann. Die stelle als Janina über „skiers, drivers and allergy sufferers“ redet, zum Beispiel. Oder die Stelle in der sie über Namen philosophiert. Oder wie sie die Reise der Seele an den Planeten vorbei beschreibt. Ich werde noch eine Sprache lernen müssen, um das Buch erneut in einer anderen Sprache genießen zu können.
Rezension von MerlinWhat a strange book. What I liked: - the first person POV protagonist of this book is a woman in her late sixties/early seventies and the way her inner monologue is written makes her appear exactly that age. How she sees the world around her, how she describes her surroundings and the people she meets is exactly how my grandmothers talk (with a little more woo-woo to her though). - This woman has lived so many lives and I really liked whenever we got a glimpse of her tumultuous past. - Nearly all the supporting characters were properly fleshed out and the interactions with our MC were always very distinct from person to person. - The last chapter was a nice addition after the murderer had been found out in the second to last chapter. What I did not like as much: - the book was a little boring. Even though I get that an old lady would probably drag on for ages about a certain topic and would get sidetracked just as easily, at times it got to the point were I could only listen with half an ear.. - I guessed the murderer around 50% of the book and was right about it, that's not exactly a bad thing but I somehow wish it would have ended differently. - I am a sucker for the astrology-girlies and love to hear why the stars made me the way I am (do I believe it ? Only in certain circumstances haha) but this went too far. I skimmed over most of these passages because it got a lot real quick. Kinda recommend but only if you are looking for a chill + quirky vibe.
Rezension von Vladlena Timofieieva3.5⭐️ old lady weirdly obsessed with astrology