One review on 22 Oct 2021

First Published: 2009

Fiction

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

Author: Olga Tokarczuk 

Summary: Polish existential thriller

Publisher:
fitzcarraldo
Original Language:
Polish

Other Production Roles

  • TranslatorAntonia Lloyd-Jones 
Date first read: Fri 22nd Oct 2021

Format:   Paperback

Edition: English 2020

Catalogued: 22nd Oct 2021

Synopsis

Janina, in her 60s, lives alone on a high plateau near the forest in Poland. The village is mostly inhabited by summer visitors and Janina is closer to animals than the few other loners around in winter. She studies astrology, teaches English at the local primary school, and helps her friend Dizzy translate the works of William Blake - a mutual passion..

When her dogs disappear her investigation leads nowhere until one of her neighbours chokes on a deer bone (from hunting or poaching) and dies.

Reviews

The Uses of Astrology and Empathy

by rogerco on Fri 22nd Oct 2021.

In the end there is no real surprise, but getting there is a good trip.