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The Resource Drive your plow over the bones of the dead, Olga Tokarczuk ; translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones

Drive your plow over the bones of the dead, Olga Tokarczuk ; translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones

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Summary
A deeply satisfying thriller cum fairy tale, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead is a provocative exploration of the murky borderland between sanity and madness, justice and tradition, and autonomy and fate. In a remote Polish village, Janina devotes the dark winter days to studying astrology, translating the poetry of William Blake, and taking care of the summer homes of wealthy Warsaw residents. Her reputation as a crank and a recluse is amplified by her not-so-secret preference for the company of animals over humans. Then a neighbor, Big Foot, turns up dead. Soon other bodies are discovered, in increasingly strange circumstances. As suspicions mount, Janina inserts herself into the investigation, certain that she knows whodunit. If only anyone would pay her mind . .
Language
  • eng
  • pol
  • eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First American edition.
Extent
274 pages
Note
Translated from Polish
Contents
  • Now pay attention
  • Testosterone autism
  • Perpetual light
  • 999 deaths
  • A light in the rain
  • Trivia and banalities
  • A speech to a poodle
  • Uranus in Leo
  • The largest in the smallest
  • Cucujus haematodes
  • The singing of the bats
  • The vengeful beast
  • The night archer
  • The fall
  • Saint Hubert
  • The photograph
  • The damsel
Isbn
9780525541332
Instance
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Drive your plow over the bones of the dead
Title
Drive your plow over the bones of the dead
Statement of responsibility
Olga Tokarczuk ; translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • pol
  • eng
Summary
A deeply satisfying thriller cum fairy tale, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead is a provocative exploration of the murky borderland between sanity and madness, justice and tradition, and autonomy and fate. In a remote Polish village, Janina devotes the dark winter days to studying astrology, translating the poetry of William Blake, and taking care of the summer homes of wealthy Warsaw residents. Her reputation as a crank and a recluse is amplified by her not-so-secret preference for the company of animals over humans. Then a neighbor, Big Foot, turns up dead. Soon other bodies are discovered, in increasingly strange circumstances. As suspicions mount, Janina inserts herself into the investigation, certain that she knows whodunit. If only anyone would pay her mind . .
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DLC
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1962-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Tokarczuk, Olga
Dewey number
891.8/537
Index
no index present
LC call number
PG7179.O37
LC item number
P7613 2019
Literary form
fiction
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Murder
  • Recluses
  • Retired teachers
  • Retired women
  • Astrology
  • Poetry
  • Kłodzka Basin (Poland)
Label
Drive your plow over the bones of the dead, Olga Tokarczuk ; translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones
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Publication
Copyright
Note
Translated from Polish
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Now pay attention -- Testosterone autism -- Perpetual light -- 999 deaths -- A light in the rain -- Trivia and banalities -- A speech to a poodle -- Uranus in Leo -- The largest in the smallest -- Cucujus haematodes -- The singing of the bats -- The vengeful beast -- The night archer -- The fall -- Saint Hubert -- The photograph -- The damsel
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
First American edition.
Extent
274 pages
Isbn
9780525541332
Lccn
2018038235
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • on1051776298
  • (OCoLC)1051776298
Label
Drive your plow over the bones of the dead, Olga Tokarczuk ; translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones
Publication
Copyright
Note
Translated from Polish
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Now pay attention -- Testosterone autism -- Perpetual light -- 999 deaths -- A light in the rain -- Trivia and banalities -- A speech to a poodle -- Uranus in Leo -- The largest in the smallest -- Cucujus haematodes -- The singing of the bats -- The vengeful beast -- The night archer -- The fall -- Saint Hubert -- The photograph -- The damsel
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
First American edition.
Extent
274 pages
Isbn
9780525541332
Lccn
2018038235
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • on1051776298
  • (OCoLC)1051776298

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