Book Club BY THE WAY: Olga Tokarczuk “Flights“. It’s strange but you will love it

Hello book lovers, wanderers and explorers!♡ This time we meet to discuss a ’fragmentary’ novel by the Polish author Olga Tokarczhuk “Flights“. The novel won the Man Booker International Prize in 2018, marking the first time a Polish author received the award. In 2019, Olga Tokarczuk was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. The book: In this video, we are discussing some of the paths that we explored and Ariadne’s threads that we followed in the labyrinth of Flights. A panopticon of time and space. Or as Olga puts it, a constellation of stories. Have you already read it? What are your thoughts and impressions? Time codes: 02:03 Who, what and why? 05:44 Is a non-linear narrative an easy read? 14:35 How moral is immortality? 19:05 “Seeing is knowing“ 21:31 Picking top 2 stories from the book 29:19 Travelling in the book: Seven-league boots 32:13 Linear and circular time 35:08 Is the style of the book that original? 38:18 “Chapeau“ to the translator