The Books of Jacob, praised by the Nobel prize judges and winner of Poland’s prestigious Nike award, will be published in the UK in NovemberThe magnum opus of Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk – a novel that has taken seven years to translate and has brought its author death threats in her native... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-02-26 15:00:18 UTC ]
The Polish author, known for her fragmentary, far-ranging novels, tightens her focus with the mystical detective novel "Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
Olga Tokarczuk has become the first Polish author to scoop the £50,000 Man Booker International Prize for Flights, "brilliantly translated" by Jennifer Croft and published by independent press Fitzcarraldo Editions. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new crime series written by a Polish author is making waves this week, along with a Swedish novel that its new U.S. publisher is likening to the podcast phenomenon, Serial. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]