Their mutual neighbour, a man called “Big Foot”, is found dead in his home. The story begins with Janina being woken up by her neighbour whom she calls “Oddball”. (William Blake, Proverbs of Hell, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. He who desires but acts not, breeds pestilence. Prudence is a rich ugly old maid courted by Incapacity. The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
“ In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.ĭrive your cart and your plow over the bones of the dead. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead is a strange literary concoction, but also an atmospheric and intelligent one. big power) theses, unchangeable horoscope arguments and literary (William Blake) references to produce one of a kind story whose main narrator steals every other page with her insightful and often bizarre observations. But, is she really a new Polish Miss Marple? Tokarczuk did not just write a detective story – her book combines existential philosophy, animal rights and village politics (small people vs. Janina has her own unusual theories about the murders, and these involve animals. Her neighbour’s death follows that of other hunting men in the vicinity, and suspicions begin to mount. In this story, an eccentric elderly woman Janina Duszejko recounts a series of murders happening in her small village near Kłodzko, Poland. This book by Olga Tokarczuk (the winner of the International Booker Prize Award for Flights) was translated from the Polish in 2018 by Antonia Lloyd-Jones. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead – ★★★★1/2
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