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Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
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This was a funky little book. I'm not sure what Nobel uses as their criteria and if this book was specifically awarded or just the author, but it was ... funky! haha.

An old woman lives on a mountain on the Polish/Czech border. She's eccentric - to say the least. Her village is suddenly plagued by a rash of deaths, and she is convinced it's nature fighting back against man.

To me, this book wasn't about the story. It was about this character, and her inner monologue. I found it a bit philosophical. That's normally not my jam, but she was just quirky enough I was really engaged.

I felt pretty certain it was getting 5-stars for a lot of the book, but I didn't love the end.

Not sure I'd rush to read more of this author, but I'm glad I read it.
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Reading Progress

December 26, 2019 – Shelved
December 26, 2019 – Shelved as: wishlist
December 26, 2019 – Shelved as: 2019
December 26, 2019 – Shelved as: salman-rushdie-recommends
January 25, 2020 – Started Reading
January 27, 2020 – Shelved as: ndstest
January 27, 2020 – Finished Reading
January 30, 2020 – Shelved as: animals
January 30, 2020 – Shelved as: nature
January 30, 2020 – Shelved as: murder
January 30, 2020 – Shelved as: poland
January 30, 2020 – Shelved as: mental-illness
January 30, 2020 – Shelved as: unreliable-narrator
January 30, 2020 – Shelved as: wildlife

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