Published: 2020-07-21

Travelling into the inner human depths. Notes on Olga Tokarczuk’s works

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Abstract

The sketch focuses on two novels by Olga Tokarczuk (Flights and The Books of Jacob), seeking to show different ways of using the travel motif. In Tokarczuk’s case, in fact, this is not only about moving in the geographical space, but also about exploring one’s own self. The questions posed by the author of House of Day, House of Night are universal; addressing fundamental aspects, they reveal the 21st century human condition. The writer often uses the motif of time, of the book or of travelling as such, showing literature as a specific language of communication that makes it possible to experience other people’s lives.

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Nęcka, A. (2020). Travelling into the inner human depths. Notes on Olga Tokarczuk’s works. Postscriptum Polonistyczne, 25(1), 23–33. https://doi.org/10.31261/PS_P.2020.25.02

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Olga Tokarczuk

Vol. 25 No. 1 (2020)
Published: 2020-07-30


ISSN: 1898-1593
eISSN: 2353-9844
Ikona DOI 10.31261/PS_P

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Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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