Ancient times and other times

Prawiek i inne czasy

New Nobel Prize winner for Literature, International Booker Prize winner,
The queen of Polish literature Olga Tokarczuk is famous for this fragmented magical realist novel.
Eighty-four fragments of time,
Piecing together the colorful dream of history.
◎ Editor's Recommendation☆ The author Olga Tokarczuk is the winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature (awarded in October 2019), and this book is her famous work.
☆ It has been translated into 22 languages ​​in 20 years and published 108 times worldwide. It is a national novel included in the Polish middle school textbooks and is also a well-received work that has impressed critics.
The story centers on a fictional town at the center of the universe and a chess game box that holds the secrets of creation. Through constantly shifting perspectives, the novel piece together a dazzling dream of history using eighty-four fragments of time.
Taikoo is a place whose four borders are guarded by four angels. Here live a disenchanted landlord, a lonely stamp collector, a young girl at the edge of time and space, an old woman at odds with the moon, angels, water ghosts, a pug, and even a coffee grinder... This is a masterpiece that depicts a century of Eastern European history through the lens of magical realism, and also a nursery rhyme that reflects on human nature and soothes the soul.
☆ It is about the dignity of ordinary people in special times, about love, desire and futile loss, about the fate that has already been written and the soul that breaks free from shackles.
Synopsis: "Eternity and Other Times" is the acclaimed work of renowned Polish author Olga Tokarczuk. Comprising 84 chapters, each titled "sometime," the novel tells the stories of various characters, animals, plants, and objects from the ancient past through different perspectives: a girl touching the boundaries of the world, a landlord obsessed with puzzle games, a lonely housewife, an old woman cursing the moon, as well as an angel, a water ghost, a pug, mycelium, and a small coffee grinder... Through the life stories of three generations, it reflects the turbulent history of Poland in the 20th century.
Taikoo is a place at the center of the universe. Its four borders are guarded by four angels. The world beyond Taikoo does not exist. Those who believe they have left Taikoo are actually standing on the border, dreaming of entering the outside world. When they awaken, they return home, their dreams becoming memories. The borders also give rise to existing people, as if they were from the outside world...

◎ The media recommends that her narrative is full of encyclopedic passion and imagination, representing a life form that transcends boundaries.
—— The Swedish Academy, the organization that selects the Nobel Prize in Literature, said that this book deeply touches the readers' hearts, especially the new way of presenting 20th century Poland is eye-opening.
—The Economist
In this epic novel, Olga Tokarczuk uses magical realism to create a world that is both permeated with ancient mythology and firmly rooted in the present.
—Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
The prose of "Eternal Time and Other Times" is powerfully soothing. Quiet yet powerful, it's a story that will linger in your memory.
——"World Literature Today"
This book interweaves folk tales, epics, myths and scenes of Polish life to form a world full of symbols and metaphors, allowing people to calmly reflect on life, love and meaning.
——Recommendations for the top ten translation books from China Times Open Book Weekly

◎ Award Record★ The author won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature (awarded in 2019)
★ Won the 1997 Polish prestigious literary award, the Nike Prize
★ Won the 1996 Polish Paszport Polityki Award (an annual award given by Poland's largest weekly newspaper, Polityka)
★ Winner of the 1997 Polish Kościelski Prize (an independent literary award founded in 1962)
★ Won the title of "Top Ten Books in Translation" by China Times Kaijuan Weekly in 2003

2017-12-01

四川人民出版社

Houlang, Houlang Literature

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