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by Olga Tokarczuk
Taste attributes: dramaadventurefresh & originalunsavouryimaginaryglossytroubled leadsunlikely connectionsall consuming quest
Boxlist takeHeightened and original: a stylish novel. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Open Library rating
3.6 / 5
9 ratings
About This Book
A seventeenth-century Dutch anatomist discovers the Achilles tendon by dissecting his own amputated leg. Chopin's heart is carried back to Warsaw in secret by his adoring sister. A woman must return to her native Poland in order to poison her terminally ill high school sweetheart, and a young man slowly descends into madness when his wife and child mysteriously vanish during a vacation and just as suddenly reappear.
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- Author
- Olga Tokarczuk
- Published
- 2007
- Pages
- 424
- Taste scores
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- Source
- Open Library
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