House of Day, House of Night is the English-language debut of one of Europe's best young writers. Since its original publication in 1998 it has remained a bestseller in Poland. Richly imagined, weaving in anecdote with recipes and gossip, Tokarczuk's novel is an epic of a small place. They discover that he choked on a bone while eating deer meat that he poached illegally. 2003 by Olga Tokarczuk (Author), Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Translator) 38 ratings See all formats and editions Hardcover Paperback from 47.22 2 Used from 47. The two inspect the scene and prepare Big Foot’s body for burial. Olga Tokarczuk House of Day, House of Night (Writings from an Unbound Europe) Paperback 28 Feb. What emerges is the message that the history of any place-no matter how humble-is limitless, that by describing or digging at the roots of a life, a house, or a neighborhood, one can see all the connections, not only with one's self and one's dreams but also with all of the universe. Late one winter night, Janina’s neighbor, Oddball, comes to her house to tell her that another neighbor, Big Foot, is lying dead in his home. Each of the stories represents a brick and they interlock to reveal the immense monument that is the town. With the help of Marta, her enigmatic neighbor, the narrator accumulates these stories, tracing the history of Nowa Ruda from the founding of the town to the lives of its saints, from the caller who wins the radio quiz every day to the tale of the man who causes international tension when he dies on the border, one leg on the Polish side, the other on the Czech side. When the narrator moves into the area, she and discovers everyone-and everything-has its own story. Nowa Ruda is a small town in Silesia, an area that has been a part of Poland, Germany, and the former Czechoslovakia in the past.
The English translation of the prize-winning international bestseller
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