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WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST FOR TRANSLATED LITERATURE
A visionary work of fiction by “A writer on the level of W. G. Sebald” (Annie Proulx)
“A magnificent writer.” — Svetlana Alexievich, Nobel Prize-winning author of Secondhand Time
“A beautifully fragmented look at man’s longing for permanence…. Ambitious and complex.” — Washington Post
From the incomparably original Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk, Flights interweaves reflections on travel with an in-depth exploration of the human body, broaching life, death, motion, and migration. Chopin’s heart is carried back to Warsaw in secret by his adoring sister. A woman must return to her native Poland in order to poison her terminally ill high school sweetheart, and a young man slowly descends into madness when his wife and child mysteriously vanish during a vacation and just as suddenly reappear. Through these brilliantly imagined characters and stories, interwoven with haunting, playful, and revelatory meditations, Flights explores what it means to be a traveler, a wanderer, a body in motion not only through space but through time. Where are you from? Where are you coming in from? Where are you going? we call to the traveler. Enchanting, unsettling, and wholly original, Flights is a master storyteller’s answer.
From the Publisher
Publisher : Riverhead Books; Reprint edition (August 13, 2019)
Language : English
Paperback : 416 pages
ISBN-10 : 0525534202
ISBN-13 : 978-0525534204
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 5.1 x 1.1 x 8 inches
Customers say
Customers find the storylines fascinating, imaginative, and beautifully illustrated. They also appreciate the writing style as well-written and interesting. Readers also appreciate an acute and amusing wit. However, some feel the longer stories are incomplete.
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