Book description
In September 1913, a young Pole suffering from tuberculosis arrives at Wilhelm Opitz's Guesthouse for Gentlemen, a health resort in the Silesian mountains. Every evening the residents gather to imbibe the hallucinogenic local liqueur and debate the great issues of the day: monarchy or democracy? Do devils exist? Are women…
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I was already a massive fan of Olga Tokarczuk thanks to her amazing book, Drive your plow over the bones of the dead ... so when this came out I bought it immediately. The subtitle: A Health Resort Horror Story does not, I feel, do it justice. This book pulls you in with the elegance of her writing - the fact that there is an amazing plot, beautifully crafted characters of varying degrees of appeal, and a deep critique of many of the failings of modern society all are sidelined by the simple (!) skill of putting the right word…
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