SoCultures October 2018
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<strong>SoCultures</strong> <strong>October</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />
Her eight novels and two short story collections are bestsellers bagging her Polish<br />
Publishers' Association and Kościelski Awards, The Readers' Choice of the Nike<br />
Award four times and many times nomination for the Nike Literary Award. Not<br />
only in Poland, she is considered an authority on philosophy and arcane knowledge<br />
outside country too. Infact, she is the most critically acclaimed and most translated<br />
Polish writers, with titles like “House of Day”, “House of Night” and “Primeval<br />
and Other Tales.”<br />
Her short story “The Ugliest Woman in the World” opens with uncertainty.<br />
Tokarczuk’s strength lies in showing her ugly protagonist as comfortable in her<br />
own skin. And her man wonders shouldn’t such a repulsive creature be clobbering<br />
about and sulking and lamenting their fate? He is affronted by her sanguinity. But<br />
does he really love her?<br />
The book was included in the Best European Fiction 2011 anthology, an annual<br />
anthology of stories from across Europe, published by Dalkey Archive Press.<br />
And the hall of fame kept getting bigger - more awards, honours followed…<br />
Tokarczuk’s work is an original, exhilarating piece of literary fiction; it confronts<br />
the subjectivity of human experiences through an artistic lens. “International<br />
Dublin Literary Award”, “Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis”, and other<br />
highly prestigious awards among many others followed.<br />
Two movies are made based on her books – one is<br />
Pokot (Spoor), a 2017 Polish crime film, (based on the book, "Drive Your Plough<br />
Over the Bones of the Dead"). In the novel, she toys with the genre of suspense<br />
and addressing the behavior angle between humans and animals.<br />
Set in the scenic surroundings of mountains, it is about an elderly woman, Janina<br />
Duszejko, turns witness to a violent and mysterious death of several hunters.<br />
Interesting, isn’t it?<br />
Her winning novel at Booker Prize is a kaleidoscopic account of travel and human<br />
anatomy set over several titles. “Flights”, the book is not a travel book but a study<br />
of psychology of travel. The book’s title is based on the name of a sect which<br />
believed that continuous moving helped redeem the soul and keep away the dark<br />
evils.<br />
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