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Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

by Antonia Lloyd-Jones, Olga Tokarczuk
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Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

Eccentric sleuth challenges convention in Polish noir.

If you're fond of tales that blend mystery with dark humor and a touch of the unconventional, "Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead" might just be your next page-turner. It's an existential journey through a Polish winter draped in both the literal and philosophical. Olga Tokarczuk doesn't just tell a crime story; she delves into the profound, questioning human nature, morality, and the cosmos through the eyes of an unforgettable protagonist. It's for those who like their whodunits with depth and a side of existential musings.

  • National Book Award Nominee for Translated Literature (2019)
  • BTBA Best Translated Book Award Nominee for Fiction Shortlist (2020)
  • Europese Literatuurprijs Nominee (2021)
  • International Booker Prize Nominee (2019)
  • Dublin Literary Award Nominee (2020)
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Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

by Antonia Lloyd-Jones, Olga Tokarczuk
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ISBN: 9781913097257
Authors: Antonia Lloyd-Jones, Olga Tokarczuk
Publisher: Fitzcarraldo Editions
Date of Publication: 2019-10-18
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Contemporary, Mystery/Crime/Thriller
Related Topics: Mystery, Thriller, Crime
Goodreads rating: 3.95
(rated by 127592 readers)

Description

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.
 

Eccentric sleuth challenges convention in Polish noir.

If you're fond of tales that blend mystery with dark humor and a touch of the unconventional, "Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead" might just be your next page-turner. It's an existential journey through a Polish winter draped in both the literal and philosophical. Olga Tokarczuk doesn't just tell a crime story; she delves into the profound, questioning human nature, morality, and the cosmos through the eyes of an unforgettable protagonist. It's for those who like their whodunits with depth and a side of existential musings.

  • National Book Award Nominee for Translated Literature (2019)
  • BTBA Best Translated Book Award Nominee for Fiction Shortlist (2020)
  • Europese Literatuurprijs Nominee (2021)
  • International Booker Prize Nominee (2019)
  • Dublin Literary Award Nominee (2020)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.