The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story by Olga Tokarczuk Paperback Book

Description: The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk, Antonia Lloyd-Jones The witty new novel from this internationally acclaimed Polish author blends horror, folklore and feminist parable FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The Nobel Prize-winners latest work is a riveting, humorous tale of mystery that takes misogyny to task. In September 1913, Mieczysaw, a student suffering from tuberculosis, arrives at a health resort in what is now western Poland. Every day, its residents gather in the dining room to imbibe the hallucinogenic local liqueur, to obsess over money and status, and to discuss the great issues of the day: will there be war? Do devils exist? Are women inherently inferior? But disturbing events are happening in the guesthouse and its surroundings. Someone—or something—seems to be infiltrating their world. As our student attempts to decipher the sinister forces at work, little does he realise they have already chosen their next target. As in her acclaimed novel Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, Tokarczuk blends horror story, comedy, folklore, and feminist parable with brilliant storytelling. Author Biography Olga Tokarczuk is the winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature and the Man Booker International Prize, for her novel Flights. She has received many other honours, including her country Polands highest literary award, the Nike, for both Flights and The Books of Jacob. Her novel Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead was also highly praised. She is the author of more than a dozen works of fiction, a childrens book and two collections of essays. Her work has been translated into more than fifty languages. Widely regarded as one of the most important writers of her generation, she lives in Poland. Review One among a very few signal European novelists of the past quarter-century. -- EconomistA potent blend of horror tropes and literary references (Franz Kafka, Thomas Mann)...Readers will find much to savour. * Publishers Weekly *A magnificent writer. -- Svetlana Alexievich, Nobel Prize in Literature laureate 2015The Nobel Prize winners trippy new novel fuses folk horror with mystery and comedy. In a Silesian health resort in 1913, a Polish student and his fellow patients have circular, misogynistic debates fuelled by hallucinogenic local liqueur. Meanwhile, rumours swirl about mysterious deaths and woodland rituals. Tokarczuk reinvents Thomas Manns The Magic Mountain within the current tread for wellness retreat thrillers, weaving a portrait of pre-war Europe that is also an eerie feminist parable. * Bookseller UK *A dark, feminist novel—atmospheric, creepy, and absolutely perfect. * LitHub *The Empusium is an emphatic triumph—a feast of culture, both literary and popular, highbrow and low, that shows Tokarczuk writing at the peak of her powers and enjoying every moment of it…I was in thrall to this from the first page. * Bram Presser, Sydney Morning Herald *Deft and disturbing…In Antonia Lloyd-Jones crisp translation, Tokarczuk tells a folk horror story with a deceptively light and knowing tone…Elegant and genuinely unsettling. * New York Times *An odd, fascinating book—a blackly serious joke—from an author of great daring and intelligence…The writing, in a cultivated translation by Antonia Lloyd-Jones, shared the easygoing gait and twinkling irony of Manns novel…It makes for absorbing if often mystifying reading, but what stands out most is the philosophical conflict it stages between rationality and folk belief. * Wall Street Journal *In Tokarczuks hands, the staid genre of the bildungsroman erupts with sinister possibility. * Washington Post *A novel that in Tokarczuks dexterous hands transcends its own limits, further cementing the Nobel laureate as one of the most original storytellers of our age. * Financial Times *The Nobel Laureates bloody and moody fairy tale will blow your mind…Tokarczuk keeps the suspense at a low boil throughout, balancing moments of terror and revolution…Until the horror and the beauty can no longer be contained, that is, and erupt into the novels utterly sublime conclusion. As ever, Tokarczuks prose—and Antonia Lloyd-Jones glorious translation thereof from the Polish—will knock the wind out of you…If The Empusium soars during its descriptions of stuff and setting—the witchy forest that surrounds the sick house especially seduces. * San Francisco Chronicle *Tokarczuks newest masterpiece is positioned to be the book of the fall. From mystery drinks and deaths to commentary upon religion and gender, this book is the literary horror story that eagerly awaits your Autumn reading list…With fall chills fast approaching, there is no better book to read. A magnificently haunting portrayal of health, death, and all that comes in between, The Empusium is one of Tokarczuks best works to date. * Chicago Review of Books *Tokarczuks deft, dark satirical wit is on full display in The Empusium…Tokarczuk, as usual, casts her enthralling spell. * BookPage * Details ISBN1922790834 Format Paperback NZ Release Date 2024-09-23 Author Antonia Lloyd-Jones Pages 320 Publisher Text Publishing Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781922790835 Publication Date 2024-09-24 Imprint The Text Publishing Company Place of Publication Melbourne Country of Publication Australia Audience General Translator Antonia Lloyd-Jones Subtitle A Health Resort Horror Story Translated from Polish Alternative 9781922791887 AU Release Date 2024-09-23 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161547571;

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