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Olga Nawoja Tokarczuk [1] ([tɔˈkart͡ʂuk]; born 29 January 1962) is a Polish writer, activist, [2] and public intellectual. [3] She is one of the most critically acclaimed and successful authors of her generation in Poland.
Ewa Kraskowska wrote that "Olga's time" in literature had come, describing her prose as one of the most captivating phenomena in literature and compared it to the writings of Bolesław Leśmian and Bruno Schulz. Dariusz Nowacki criticized Tokarczuk's prose as being conformist and having a quality more typical of the entertainment industry.
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (Polish: Prowadź swój pług przez kości umarłych) is a 2009 mystery novel by Olga Tokarczuk.Originally published in Polish by Wydawnictwo Literackie, it was later translated to English by Antonia Lloyd-Jones and published in 2018 by the British independent publisher Fitzcarraldo Editions.
The Books of Jacob [a] (Polish: Księgi Jakubowe [b] [c]) is an epic historical novel [5] by Olga Tokarczuk, published by Wydawnictwo Literackie in October 2014. [6] It is Tokarczuk's ninth novel and is the product of extensive historical research, taking her seven years to write. [7] The Books of Jacob is a 912-page novel divided into seven books.
Antonia Lloyd-Jones (born 1962) is a British translator of Polish literature based in London. [1] She is best known as the long-time translator of Olga Tokarczuk's works in English, including Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead which was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2019. [2]
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In a review from 1998, Jarosław Klejnocki described the novel as "Olga Tokarczuk's most ambitious prose project", and also indicated that it integrates different styles and genres. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Dariusz Nowacki [ pl ] , who was previously critical Tokarczuk, regarded the novel as the first praiseworthy work in her oeuvre.
A video released as part of an ongoing lawsuit against Southern California Edison, the electrical utility for Los Angeles, appears to show what a law firm says is the start of the deadly Eaton Fire.