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BOOK CLUB - Sunday 3rd Nov 2024 10:00AM - 11:30AM - The Empusium A Health Resort Horror Story Olga Tokarczuk (author), Antonia Lloyd-Jones (translator)

BOOK CLUB - Sunday 3rd Nov 2024 10:00AM - 11:30AM - The Empusium A Health Resort Horror Story Olga Tokarczuk (author), Antonia Lloyd-Jones (translator)

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We're hosting book club at our new shop, we'll be discussing The Empusium A Health Resort Horror Story Olga Tokarczuk (author), Antonia Lloyd-Jones (translator).

A copy of the book is included in your purchase. Unfortunately, we can no longer offer free drop offs, but you'll be able to collect your copy of the book from our shop for free, or opt to have it posted to you. 

The event is being held on Sunday 3rd Nov 2024 10:00AM - 11:30AM at Novel.

If this is your first book club and you have any questions about how we operate, feel free to drop us an email novelsheffield@gmail.com

We can't wait to see you there!

- Kate and Joe

THE BLURB:

‘The Nobel Prize-winning novelist is exceptionally adept at blending the high-minded sanctimoniousness of the sanatorium with the ever-present threat and legacy of violence…. Tokarczuk’s outstanding novel is a striking reaffirmation of literature’s genius for nuance in a world darkened by murderous polarities.’ — Michael Cronin, Irish Times

In September 1913, a young Pole suffering from tuberculosis arrives at Wilhelm Opitz's Guesthouse for Gentlemen, 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. A century after the publication of The Magic Mountain, Olga Tokarczuk revisits Thomas Mann territory and lays claim to it, blending horror story, comedy, folklore and feminist parable with brilliant storytelling.

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We offer 1st class (express) or 2nd class (standard) postage options, and use Royal Mail as our primary postal service.

We also offer a free collection service from Queen of the Suburbs coffee shop in Crookes, you can collect on Thursdays, Fridays or Saturdays. If you live within a mile of the shop, I can also drop it by free of charge.

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