The Ancient Times and Other Times (2018 Nobel Prize Winner in Literature)
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The masterpiece of Olga Tokarczuk, winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize for Literature. Olga Tokarczuk is a famous contemporary Polish writer. "The Ancient Times and Other Times" is her famous work. The novel has a total of 84 chapters, each chapter is named after "xxx time". It tells the story of various characters in ancient times, even animals, plants and things, from different perspectives: a girl who touches the border of the world, a landowner addicted to puzzle games, a lonely housewife, an old woman who curses the moon, and even angels, water ghosts, pugs, mycelium, small coffee grinders... The life stories of three generations reflect the turbulent historical destiny of Poland in the 20th century. Primeval is a place, located at the center of the universe. Its four borders are guarded by four angels. The world beyond the ancient times does not exist. People who think they have stepped out of the ancient times are actually standing on the border and dreaming that they have entered the outside world. When they wake up, they go home and regard their dreams as memories. Borders also produce ready-made people, as if they came from the outside world...
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Time goes by and becomes eternal
At first I was attracted by the Nobel Prize-winning work. Reading more than 80 chapters is not boring at all. The author's way of describing characters is also very special, telling each character in their own time, from birth to death. Among them, I particularly like Maisui'er (the part where she recognized Florentinka as her mother is really touching), Florentinka (an old woman who lives a difficult life alone but still adopts many stray dogs), Russian officer Ivan (a man who raped goats, I think he likes Misia but he has not hurt anyone else), Maisui'er's daughter and other characters are all very memorable. It's a great book, highly recommended.
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There are all kinds of facts in a person's life, only those who have experienced them will understand
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Time goes by and becomes eternal
At first I was attracted by the Nobel Prize-winning work. Reading more than 80 chapters is not boring at all. The author's way of describing characters is also very special, telling each character in their own time, from birth to death. Among them, I particularly like Maisui'er (the part where she recognized Florentinka as her mother is really touching), Florentinka (an old woman who lives a difficult life alone but still adopts many stray dogs), Russian officer Ivan (a man who raped goats, I think he likes Misia but he has not hurt anyone else), Maisui'er's daughter and other characters are all very memorable. It's a great book, highly recommended.
Taikoo
There are all kinds of facts in a person's life, only those who have experienced them will understand
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★ This book has been translated into 22 languages in the past 20 years and published 108 times around the world. It is a national novel selected into Polish middle school textbooks and a work that has impressed critics. ★ The center of the story is a fictional town at the center of the universe and a game box that contains the mystery of creation. By constantly changing perspectives, the novel uses eighty-four fragments of time to collage the colorful dream of history. ★ Primeval is a place whose four borders are guarded by four angels. There are landowners who are lost in playing with toys, lonely stamp collectors who are obsessed with things, a girl who touches the boundary of time and space, an old woman who has a grudge against the moon, as well as angels, water ghosts, pugs, and even coffee mills... This is a masterpiece that writes a century-old history of Eastern Europe with magical realism. It is also a nursery rhyme that reflects on human nature and comforts the soul. ★ About the dignity of ordinary people in special times, about love, desire and futile loss, about the destiny that has already been written and the soul that breaks through the constraints.
One of the masterpieces of Olga Tokarczuk, winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize for Literature. The life stories of three generations reflect Poland's turbulent historical destiny in the twentieth century.
Nobel laureate Polish literature queen Olga Tokarczuk became famous for her magical realism collage to create a colorful dream of history.
