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Olga Tokarczuk (author), Antonia Lloyd-Jones (translator), Joanna Concejo (illustrator)- 10+ in stock

The first, stunning picture book for all ages from the 2018 Nobel Laureate Olga Tokarczuk and illustrator Joanna Concejo, The Lost Soul is at once a moving tale about a man out-of-touch with himself and a celebration of the ability of visual storytelling to overcome the boundaries of age, status, politics and place.
The only book in English for readers of all ages by Nobel Prize-winning novelist Olga Tokarczuk is a beautifully illustrated meditation on the fullness of life.
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… – from The Lost Soul
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.
Publisher: Seven Stories Press,U.S.
ISBN: 9781644210345
Number of pages: 48
Dimensions: 270 x 205 mm
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“Olga Tokarczuk creates a beautiful fable about a young man who realises he has lost the only thing that really matters. His soul.”
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What an imaginative unique concept. The writing is simply mesmerising and the story will stay with me for a very long time. I have read all books by Tokarczuk
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