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.
Olga Tokarczuk's The Lost Soul**,** an experimental fable illustrated
by Joanna Concejo and translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones, resonates with
our current moment. . . . What a striking, and lovely, material object
it is. --New York Times
The Lost Soul, by Olga Tokarczuk and illustrator Joanna Concejo, is a
quiet meditation on happiness, following a busy man who loses his soul.
. . It pours a childlike sense of wonder into a once-upon-a-time tale
that is already resonating with adults around the world. --The
Guardian
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.
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
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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.
Winner of the Bologna Ragazzi Award, Special Mention 2018, Prix de
l'Union Internationale pour les Livres de Jeunesse (IBBY), The White
Raven (IJB Munich), and the Lódź Design Festival Award.
