Wardrobe

◎ A collection of novels by Olga Tokarczuk, winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature (awarded in 2019), the Nike Prize, the Man Booker International Prize, and many other awards. ◎ Three surreal stories: The alien energy field in the wardrobe, the secrets outlined by the traces in the guest room, and the "half universe" constructed by program codes.
◎Directly translated from the Polish original, featuring a special collection of literary interviews with Tokarczuk at the Quotation Mark International Literary Festival, which she planned and organized.
"The Wardrobe" is a collection of three novels by Olga Tokarczuk, the 2018 Nobel Prize winner in Literature. "The Wardrobe" tells the story of a couple drawn to a mysterious old wardrobe, like a pit of energy, and ultimately living inside, unwilling to leave. "Room Number" is narrated by "I," a room attendant, as I wander the rooms of the Capital Hotel, following clues and capturing the scents left by guests. "Goddess" tells the story of a programming genius, akin to a creator god, who constantly constructs new worlds with his programs, only to be repeatedly disappointed by humanity. In these surreal stories, Tokarczuk, using her unique fourth-person narrative, explores a hidden world beyond everyday experience.
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"Her narrative, imbued with encyclopedic passion and imagination, presents a life form that transcends boundaries."
Nobel Prize in Literature citation: "With her new approach to reality, blending profound realism with fleeting illusion, her meticulous observations with a revelation of myth, she has become one of the most original prose writers of our time. A master of shorthand, she captures those who escape from everyday life. She writes what others cannot: 'the aching strangeness of the world.' ... Her style—provoking and thoughtful—flows through her fifteen or so books."
——Nobel Prize in Literature Award Speech☆ "Tokarczuk has consistently upheld the long tradition of Poland's multicultural and multiethnic culture, raising universal issues that resonate with readers around the world."
-- Piotr Wilczek, Polish Ambassador to the United States ☆ "Tokarczuk follows her curiosity and moves forward boldly, never being trapped by boundaries and genre barriers. The characters she writes about are all alive between the pages, and they speak their truest voices."
—The Paris Review
Olga Tokarczuk is a household name in Poland. She is one of Europe's foremost humanist writers, committed to the continental tradition of thought and prose fiction.
"As a child, Tokarczuk used her keen intuition for fairy tales and myths to construct her understanding of the connections between everything—people, animals, plants, landscapes, etc. As a writer, she tried to prove through her imagination that her childhood curiosity was not rudely cut off by adult society, but continued in her works."
—The Guardian
"(Tokarczuk is) one of the very few most representative European novelists of the past 25 years."
—The Economist
"Tokarczuk is one of Europe's most daring and original writers, and her stunning performance is a dazzling and brilliant entrance into the world of intellectual literature."
—Los Angeles Review of Books
☆ “Tokarczuk’s works are often stories about the wanderings and roamings of modern people, appearing in the form of travel, mythology and philosophical thinking.”
——Online Report

2020-08-01

浙江文艺出版社

KEY Culture

124

9787533961718