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020 _a9781804271087
037 _cPurchased
_nPrism Books, Kadavanthra
041 _aEnglish
082 _aF
_bOLG/EM
100 _aOlga Tokarczuk
245 _aEMPUSIUM
_b: Health Resort Horror Story
250 _a1
260 _aLondon
_bFitzcarraldo Editions
_c2024
300 _g326
500 _aIn 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 born inferior? War or peace? Meanwhile, disturbing things are happening in the guesthouse and the surrounding hills. Someone - or something - seems to be watching, attempting to infiltrate this cloistered world. Little does the newcomer realize, as he tries to unravel both the truths within himself and the mystery of the sinister forces beyond, that they have already chosen their next target. A century after the publication of The Magic Mountain, Olga Tokarczuk revisits Thomas Mann territory and lays claim to it, blending horror story, comedy, folklore and feminist parable with brilliant storytelling.
650 _aFiction 21st century
650 _aHistorical fiction
650 _aNovels
650 _aSanatoriums Poland SokoĊ‚owsko Fiction
650 _aTuberculosis Patients Fiction
700 _aAntonia Lloyd - Jones(tr.)
942 _cLEN
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999 _c194510
_d194510