Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

A Novel

De: Olga Tokarczuk, Antonia Lloyd-Jones - translator

Narrado por: Beata Pozniak

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE

New York Times Readers Pick: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century

"A brilliant literary murder mystery." —Chicago Tribune

"Extraordinary. Tokarczuk's novel is funny, vivid, dangerous, and disturbing, and it raises some fierce questions about human behavior. My sincere admiration for her brilliant work." —Annie Proulx

In a remote Polish village, Janina devotes the dark winter days to studying astrology, translating the poetry of William Blake, and taking care of the summer homes of wealthy Warsaw residents. Her reputation as a crank and a recluse is amplified by her not-so-secret preference for the company of animals over humans. Then a neighbor, Big Foot, turns up dead. Soon other bodies are discovered, in increasingly strange circumstances. As suspicions mount, Janina inserts herself into the investigation, certain that she knows whodunit. If only anyone would pay her mind . . .

A deeply satisfying thriller cum fairy tale, Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead is a provocative exploration of the murky borderland between sanity and madness, justice and tradition, autonomy and fate. Whom do we deem sane? it asks. Who is worthy of a voice?

Performance ruined it

I cannot stand the narrator. SOOOO SLOOOWWWWWWW. Had to give up 4 chapters in. What a shame.

A massive tome that speaks volumes

If you are interested in animal ethics and human destiny, this is your book. I loved every chapter, it keeps me intrigued. The pace is slow as the books eye pours over details that are often overlooked.

Sadly disappointed

I am disappointed by the performance, which, sadly, affected the appreciation of the writing. The book is well written but one must constantly struggle to unearth it from the slow moving badly pronounced words. It seems that the performer is reading too a mentally inferior crowd.

Hard listen on Audible

Just because a book has a gold sticker on the front doesn't mean it's good!

a darkly humorous mystery

loved the odd woman and the story. I wish I knew more William Blake poetry, but not knowing did not take away from the story.

Crystal Clear

Gripping tale, beautiful prose and wonderfully performed reading... hauntingly marvelous. Stellar and bountiful read for lovers of nature and literature.

So slow I had to listen at 2.2

First person narrator, the meandering and tangential Ms. Dusheko made this book almost unbearable. There was so much potential with this concept, but if this narrator had been telling me this story in person, I would have walked away. Also performance was SO SLOW.

So Beautifully Original!

I really loved this book and it’s quirky protagonist. Great plot and narration. Perhaps someone will option it as a movie. There are likely scores of 60+ actresses who would fight to be cast as Mrs Talchenko

Loved it!

Great character development with a most interesting story to go along with them. The narrator is excellent and I hope you will enjoy listening.

An existential mystery in a small, verdant hamlet

The prose is rich in detail. Though the population is sparse, the forest surrounding them is not. The way William Blake is woven throughout the novel is a delight. It deserves its Pulitzer.