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The lost soul

Tokarczuk, Olga 1962- (author.). Concejo, Joanna, 1971- (illustrator.). Lloyd-Jones, Antonia, (translator.).

Summary: "'Once upon a time there was a man who worked very hard and very quickly, and who had left his soul far behind him long ago. In fact his life was all right without his soul--he slept, ate, worked, drove a car and even played tennis. But sometimes he felt as if the world around him were flat, as if he were moving across a smooth page in a math book that was covered in evenly spaced squares ...' The Lost Soul is a deeply moving reflection on our capacity to live in peace with ourselves, to remain patient, attentive to the world. It is a story that beautifully weaves together the voice of the Nobel Prize-winning Polish novelist Olga Tokarczuk and the finely detailed pen-and-ink drawings of illustrator Joanna Concejo, who together create a parallel narrative universe full of secrets, evocative of another time. Here a man has forgotten what makes his heart feel full. He moves to a house away from all that is familiar to him to wait for his soul to return. The Lost Soul is a sublime album, a rare delicacy that will delight readers young and old. 'You must find a place of your own, sit there quietly and wait for your soul.'"--

Record details

ISBN: 1644210347
ISBN: 9781644210345
ISBN: 9781644210352
Physical Description: print
48 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
Publisher: New York : Seven Stories Press, [2021]
Copyright: ©2021

Content descriptions

General Note:	"Originally published in Polish by Wydawnictwo Format under the title Zgubiona dusza"--P. [3] of cover.
Language Note:	Translated from the Polish.