Tokarczuk, O: Drive your Plow over the Bones of the Dead Nobel Prize in Literature 2018

An exploration of morals, masculinity and sanity

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I went into this book completely blind, hoping for the best but expecting the worst as usually I don't really enjoy thrillerish books- though I was pleasantly surprised! It's such a scenic, philosophical and substantial reflection on the human identity and societal morals - when is it okay to kill and why? Are we as Humans superior to other living beings? Is killing a political act? Through all of these questions we follow Janina, the narrator of the story while she lives in a small polish town called ,,Zeitgeist(?)" and tries to navigate the everyday life as an eccentric, animal loving, old lady plagued with ailments and hypermasculine male neighbours. It's worth a read even if you have to break out of your usual genres for this one!