Olga Tokarczuk





Olga Tokarczuk

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January 29, 1962 in Sulechów, Poland

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Olga Tokarczuk (born 29 January 1962 in Sulechów near Zielona Góra, Poland) is one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful Polish writers of her generation, particularly noted for the hallmark mythical tone of her writing.


Average rating: 3.86 · 1,262 ratings · 56 reviews · 17 distinct works
Primeval and Other Times
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4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 291 ratings — published 1996 — 15 editions
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House of Day, House of Night
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4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 227 ratings — published 1998 — 12 editions
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Bieguni
3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 154 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions
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3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions
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Anna In w grobowcach świata
3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions
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Gra na wielu bębenkach: 19 ...
3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions
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E.E.
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 1995 — 2 editions
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Podróż ludzi Księgi
3.42 of 5 stars 3.42 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 1993
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Szafa
3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 1997 — 6 editions
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Ostatnie Historie
3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2004 — 5 editions
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“Below the mill the rivers merge. First they flow close beside each other, undecided, overawed by their longed-for intimacy, and then they fall into each other and get lost in one another. The river that flows out of this melting pot by the mill is no longer either the White or the Black, but it is powerful and effortlessly drives the mill wheel that grinds the grain for bread.

Primeval lies on both the White and Black rivers and also on the third one, formed out of their mutual desire. The river arising from their confluence below the mill is called The River, and it flows on calm and contented.

Olga Tokarczuk, Primeval and Other Times

“Nie, nie ludzie w naszym kraju nie mają umiejętności zrzeszania się i tworzenia wspólnoty, nawet pod sztandarem prawdziwka. To kraj neurotycznych indywidualistów, z których każdy, gdy tylko znajdzie się wśród innych, zaczyna ich pouczać, krytykować, obrażać i okazywać im swoją niewątpliwą wyższość.”
Olga Tokarczuk, Prowadź swój pług przez kości umarłych

“(...) zrozumiałam, że smutek jest ważnym słowem w definicji świata. Leży u podstaw wszystkiego, jest piątym żywiołem, kwintesencją.”
Olga Tokarczuk, Prowadź swój pług przez kości umarłych

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