120. Why read Olga Tokarczuk, 2018 Nobel Prize for Literature?
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Why read Olga Tokarczuk, Winner of 2018 Nobel Prize for Literature? Find out in this fourth episode of my series on the Nobel Prize for Literature. It discusses the life of the 2018 Nobel Prize for Literature Laureate, the novelist Olga Tokarczuk. I give you 10 reasons to read one of the most celebrated Nobel winners of recent years. I give a guide to her works: The Books of Jacob (the best historical fiction of this century), Flights and Drive your Plow over the Bones of the Dead. And you will hear Tokarczuk speak in her own voice about the issues of importance to this Polish woman writer. Read more at www.theburningarchive.com And become a paid supporter of The Burning Archive by subscribing at Spotify or at patreon.com to get exclusive bonus content. Become an Angel of History, learn with me about the history and culture of the multipolar world, and receive a bonus episode going into depth on Tokarczuk's great novel of historical fiction, The Books of Jacob. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeff-rich4/message
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