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Tag: Man Booker International

Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead – Olga Tokarczuk

On May 8, 2019May 6, 2019 By bookskepticIn Reviews4 Comments

When Olga Tokarczuk won the Man Booker Prize last year my mum bought me some of her books that I haven't read. When I was in university I read a few of her books and liked them a lot, then I stopped and years later I was wondering if I'd still like them, given their …

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Flights by Olga Tokarczuk wins The Man Booker International

On May 23, 2018 By bookskepticIn Thoughts3 Comments

I rarely do this, but it is a special occasion so I will give in to a tiny bout of patriotism. Flights by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Jennifer Croft has won 2018 Man Booker International prize. She is the first Polish writer to ever win the prize, so it is a special occasion. It is a …

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