Hidden Bibliographic Details
Other authors / contributors: | Concejo, Joanna, 1971- illustrator.
Lloyd-Jones, Antonia, translator.
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ISBN: | 1644210347 9781644210345 9781644210352
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Notes: | "Originally published in Polish by Wydawnictwo Format under the title Zgubiona dusza"--P. [3] of cover. Translated from the Polish.
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Summary: | "'Once upon a time there was a man who worked very hard and very quickly, and who had left his soul far behind him long ago. In fact his life was all right without his soul--he slept, ate, worked, drove a car and even played tennis. But sometimes he felt as if the world around him were flat, as if he were moving across a smooth page in a math book that was covered in evenly spaced squares...' The Lost Soul is a deeply moving reflection on our capacity to live in peace with ourselves, to remain patient, attentive to the world. It is a story that beautifully weaves together the voice of the Nobel Prize-winning Polish novelist Olga Tokarczuk and the finely detailed pen-and-ink drawings of illustrator Joanna Concejo, who together create a parallel narrative universe full of secrets, evocative of another time. Here a man has forgotten what makes his heart feel full. He moves to a house away from all that is familiar to him to wait for his soul to return. The Lost Soul is a sublime album, a rare delicacy that will delight readers young and old. 'You must find a place of your own, sit there quietly and wait for your soul.'"--
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Other form: | Online version: Tokarczuk, Olga, The lost soul New York : Seven Stories Press, 2021. 9781644210352
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