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Flights

by Olga Tokarczuk, Jennifer Croft
Flights - Thryft
Flights - Thryft

Evocative exploration of travel, anatomy, and existence.

Imagine weaving through centuries, connecting disparate lives, stitching narratives across time to ponder humanity's deepest subjects. "Flights" is an imaginative odyssey that dissects not only the human body but the essence of movement, life, and the threads that bind us. If you're someone who cherishes profound reflections draped in beautiful prose, Olga Tokarczuk's masterpiece will take you on an unforgettable journey without leaving your seat.

  • Nike Literary Award (Nagroda Literacka Nike) (2008)
  • BTBA Best Translated Book Award Nominee for Fiction Longlist (2019)
  • Angelus Nominee (2008)
  • National Book Award Finalist for Translated Literature (2018)
  • Mikael Agricola -palkinto (2013)
  • Warwick Prize for Women in Translation Nominee (2018)
  • International Booker Prize (2018)
  • Openbook好書獎-年度翻譯書 (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.

Flights

by Olga Tokarczuk, Jennifer Croft
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ISBN: 9781910695821
Authors: Olga Tokarczuk, Jennifer Croft
Publisher: Fitzcaraldo Editions
Date of Publication: 2018-06-04
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Contemporary
Goodreads rating: 3.76
(rated by 30652 readers)

Description

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.
 

Evocative exploration of travel, anatomy, and existence.

Imagine weaving through centuries, connecting disparate lives, stitching narratives across time to ponder humanity's deepest subjects. "Flights" is an imaginative odyssey that dissects not only the human body but the essence of movement, life, and the threads that bind us. If you're someone who cherishes profound reflections draped in beautiful prose, Olga Tokarczuk's masterpiece will take you on an unforgettable journey without leaving your seat.

  • Nike Literary Award (Nagroda Literacka Nike) (2008)
  • BTBA Best Translated Book Award Nominee for Fiction Longlist (2019)
  • Angelus Nominee (2008)
  • National Book Award Finalist for Translated Literature (2018)
  • Mikael Agricola -palkinto (2013)
  • Warwick Prize for Women in Translation Nominee (2018)
  • International Booker Prize (2018)
  • Openbook好書獎-年度翻譯書 (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.