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1) Bieguni
Author
Language
Polish
Formats
Description
Bohaterami tej ksiazki sa nomadzi i koczownicy nieprzywiazani do wlasnych korzeni. Kobiety wozace w torebkach zapasowe szczoteczki do zebow na wypadek naglej podrozy i mezczyzni umiejacy spakowac caly swoj dobytek w 10 minut, zawsze gotowi do drogi. Proza Olgi Tokarczuk przekonuje iz poczucie ladu wszechswiata dostepne jest kazdemu, o ile tylko podrozuje.
This novel about travel in the twenty-first century and human anatomy, is Olga Tokarczuk's most...
2) Raḥḥālah
Author
Language
Arabic
Description
A seventeenth-century Dutch anatomist discovers the Achilles tendon by dissecting his own amputated leg. 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...