Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead: A Novel (Unabridged)
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4.1 • 90 Ratings
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Publisher Description
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
New York Times Readers Pick: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
"A brilliant literary murder mystery." —Chicago Tribune
"Extraordinary. Tokarczuk's novel is funny, vivid, dangerous, and disturbing, and it raises some fierce questions about human behavior. My sincere admiration for her brilliant work." —Annie Proulx
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?
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
A murder mystery, a pitch-black comedy, and a Slavic fairy tale with a shot of feminist wit meld to turn Olga Tokarczuk’s novel into one singularly brilliant creation. Set in a sleepy Polish village in winter, the novel charts the full-time obsessions and part-time sleuthing of Janina Duszejko, an amateur astrologer and William Blake enthusiast whose neighbor is found dead with a deer bone in his mouth. Between the delightfully fascinating meditations on animal rights, the Catholic Church, and human nature, there’s a killer detective story that would make Agatha Christie grin.
Customer Reviews
Delightfully strange
This murder mystery is as strange a book as I have read, yet I found it delightful, insightful and surprising.
odd & charming
I listened to this audiobook. The narrator had a charming Polish accent and I loved listening to the description of her little hamlet and her neighbors. However, this books meanders along when it got to the topic of astrology, it just went on and on. The astrology conversation didn't really move the story along and had nothing to do with the murders that were occurring. I still liked the story and it has a great plot twist at the end.
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Loved this audiobook. Narrator was superb. Characters had depth and descriptions of the land and the emotions of the main character made you feel like you were there.