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Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

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  • Nov 25, 2009
  • #Thriller #Crime
Olga Tokarczuk
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In a remote Polish village, Janina devotes the dark winter days to studying astrology, translating the poetry of William Blake, and taking care of the summer homes of wealthy Warsaw... Show More

In a remote Polish village, Janina devotes the dark winter days to studying astrology, translating the poetry of William Blake, and taking care of the summer homes of wealthy Warsaw residents. Her reputation as a crank and a recluse is amplified by her not-so-secret preference for the company of animals over humans. Then a neighbor, Big Foot, turns up dead. Soon other bodies are discovered, in increasingly strange circumstances. As suspicions mount, Janina inserts herself into the investigation, certain that she knows whodunit. If only anyone would pay her mind . . .

A deeply satisfying thriller cum fairy tale, Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead is a provocative exploration of the murky borderland between sanity and madness, justice and tradition, autonomy and fate. Whom do we deem sane? it asks. Who is worthy of a voice?

Duration: 11 hours 39 minutes.

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Number of Pages: 9

ASIN: B07TVKLV2B

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Jeffrey Sachs @JeffreyASachs ยท Jun 19, 2022
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Fantastic book. Part murder mystery, part eco-parable, part meditation on growing old. Lots of fun and easy to read.
Austin Kleon @austinkleon
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Combination detective story and fairy tale with a huge dose of astrology and William Blake thrown in. (It gets its title from Proverbs of Hell.)
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