The first Polish novel to win the prestigious international Man Booker Prize
Why do people travel? Are we all nomads for whom crossing space is the meaning of life? With her renowned thoroughness and understanding, Olga Tokarczuk leads the reader beneath the surface of modernity, describing a world of pilgrims and seeking the essence of their restlessness and need to not stay in one place.
In tales and reflections on travel and the experiences of the human body through the centuries to the present day, themes of life, death, and rootlessness intertwine. Tokarczuk is one of the most daring and original European writers...

