The empusium a health resort horror story [LP]

"September 1913. A young Pole suffering from tuberculosis arrives at Wilhelm Opitz's Guesthouse for Gentlemen in the village of Görbersdorf, 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 da...

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Main Author: Tokarczuk, Olga, 1962- (Author)
Other Authors: Lloyd-Jones, Antonia (Translator)
Format: Books Print Book Large Print
Language:English
Polish
Published: [New York] : Random House Large Print [2024]
Edition:First large print edition.
Series:Empuzjon.
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Summary:"September 1913. A young Pole suffering from tuberculosis arrives at Wilhelm Opitz's Guesthouse for Gentlemen in the village of Görbersdorf, 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."--Back cover.
Item Description:Translated from the Polish.
Physical Description:400 pages (large print) : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
ISBN:9780593949221
0593949226
Author Notes:Olga Tokarczuk is the winner of of the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Booker International Prize, among many other honors. She is the author of more than a dozen works of fiction, two collections of essays, and a children's book; her work has been translated into more than fifty languages.