Editorial The Anagram has just published the first novel by the Polish writer Olga Tokarczk After winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2028, under the name of «Land of Empusas».
The novel, which is already in bookstores, was translated into Spanish by Abel Murcia and Katarzyna Moiewicz and contains graphic materials related to the Görbersdorf Spa (now called Sokolowsko) and its surroundings in the early 20th century, from the author’s personal archive.
Exactly, The book is set in the early 20th century and tells the story of the protagonist’s battle with tuberculosis in a gentleman’s setting Who guarantees his healing, all involved in the «Symposium of Misogyny» in which philosophies about politics, war, demons, and the place of women in the world are discussed.
The writer Tokarczuk, who is a great admirer of Mann, pays tribute to «The Magic Mountain,» while questioning the great stories of literature and Europe.