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The empusium
Tokarczuk, Olga, 1962-2024
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In September 1913, Mieczyslaw, a student suffering from tuberculosis, arrives at a health resort in what is now western Poland. Every day, its residents gather in the dining room to imbibe the hallucinogenic local liqueur, to obsess over money and status, and to discuss the great issues of the day- will there be war? Do devils exist? Are women inherently inferior? But disturbing events are happening in the guesthouse and its surroundings. Someone-or something-seems to be infiltrating their world. As our student attempts to decipher the sinister forces at work, little does he realise they have already chosen their next target. As in her acclaimed novel Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, Tokarczuk blends horror story, comedy, folklore, and feminist parable with brilliant storytelling.
Main title:
The empusium / by Olga Tokarczuk.
Author:
Tokarczuk, Olga, 1962-Lloyd-Jones, Antonia, translator
Imprint:
Wurundjeri Country ; Melbourne, Vic. : Text Publishing, 2024.©2022.
Collation:
300 pages ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Originally published in Poland as Empuzjon, by Wydawnictwo Literackie, Krakow, in 2022.Translated from the Polish.
ISBN:
9781922790835 (paperback)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
499985
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