Tag: Olga Tokarczuk

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Angelo Soliman’s Importance in Olga Tokarczuk’s “Flights”

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Talking about the physical body, Dr. Blau, in Olga Tokarczuk’s Flights, says, “It is an outrage that it’s permitted to disintegrate underground, or given to the mercy of flames, burned like rubbish. If it were up to Blau, he would make the world differently — the soul could be mortal, what do we need it for, anyway, but the body would be immortal.” For Blau, … Read More Angelo Soliman’s Importance in Olga Tokarczuk’s “Flights”

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Remembering the Atrocities of History in Olga Tokarczuk’s “Flights”

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Ever since I saw the translation of Nobel Prize in Literature recipient Olga Tokarczuk’s The Books of Jacob on the shelf at my library, I wanted to read it; however, I didn’t pick it up because I had so many other books I had to read for various projects and I didn’t have time to tackle such a 992 page novel. While I haven’t read The … Read More Remembering the Atrocities of History in Olga Tokarczuk’s “Flights”

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