DRIVE YOUR PLOW OVER THE BONES OF THE DEAD

Olga Tokarczuk, trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Fitzcarraldo Editions)

From the winner of the 2018 Man Booker International Prize comes an acutely subversive crime novel, which caused uproar in Poland upon its publication. Janina Dusezjko, an eccentric loner in her 60s, turns to astrology and the natural world for answers after the mysterious disappearance of her two dogs. When the mutilated bodies of local hunters turn up around her remote village, Janina is convinced she knows the culprit and their motives, but her theories are much darker and stranger than anyone could have imagined. Suffused with the enigmatic mysticism of William Blake (who inspired the title), Drive Your Plow… is an eerie, atmospheric and compelling existential thriller from a remarkable writer, blending noir and magic realism with a sharp sting of political satire. Sam Pryce

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