From “Flights” to “Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead” – some remarks on the reception of the world of Olga Tokarczuk’s fiction in Romania Cover Image

Od „Biegunów” do „Prowadź swój pług przez kości umarłych” – kilka uwag dotyczących recepcji fabularnego świata Olgi Tokarczuk w Rumunii
From “Flights” to “Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead” – some remarks on the reception of the world of Olga Tokarczuk’s fiction in Romania

Author(s): Cristina Godun
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Foreign languages learning, Polish Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: reception; narrative strategy; world of fiction

Summary/Abstract: This paper presents the most important aspects of the reception of four novels by Olga Tokarczuk translated into Romanian, on the basis of reviews published in the Romanian literary press. The topics addressed most frequently by Romanian reviewers include the topos of journey, the contemporary human condition within the framework of everyday life, the axiological system of Olga Tokarczuk’s narrative world, the rich imagination, the fragmentary narrative, and the tendency to cross interdisciplinary boundaries. An amazing imagination, an exceptional literary talent, surprising combinations and multifaceted protagonists are only some of the elements of Olga Tokarczuk’s writing praised by Romanian reviewers. Tokarczuk’s novels are appreciated in Romania due to both the relevance of their themes, however uncomfortable they might be, and their great ability to translate such tough topics into literature.

  • Issue Year: 25/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 135-145
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish