![]() She teaches English at a small Catholic school, oversees the properties of several homeowners who spend winters in Warsaw, translates the poetry of William Blake, and calculates horoscopes. Janina, along with a few hearty souls, lives in the village year-round. “everything warmer, but not our Plateau… the snow is heavier and stays put for Village on the Polish-Czech border that bustles during the summer and emptiesĭuring the frigid, snow-filled winters. ![]() In the course of the novel, we learn that Janina was once aīridge engineer who had to give up that work when chronic “Ailments”-neverĬlearly defined-made building bridges impossible. ![]() ![]() In a memorable first sentence that sets the tone for the story and reveals Janina’s state of herself, she tells readers, “I am already at an age and additionally in a state where I must always wash my feet thoroughly before bed, in the event of having to be removed by an ambulance in the Night.” Tokarczuk’s protagonist and narrator is Janina Duszejko, a quirky, educated woman with a passion for animals. ![]()
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