u003cbu003eWINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATUREu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbu003eu003cbru003e "A brilliant literary murder mystery." —u003ciu003eChicago Tribuneu003c/iu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003e "Extraordinary. Tokarczuk's novel is funny, vivid, dangerous, and disturbing, and it raises some fierce questions about human behavior. My sincere admiration for her brilliant work." —Annie Proulxu003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eIn a remote Polish village, Janina devotes the dark winter days to studying astrology, translating the poetry of William Blake, and taking care of the summer homes of wealthy Warsaw residents. Her reputation as a crank and a recluse is amplified by her not-so-secret preference for the company of animals over humans. Then a neighbor, Big Foot, turns up dead. Soon other bodies are discovered, in increasingly strange circumstances. As suspicions mount, Janina inserts herself into the investigation, certain that she knows whodunit. If only anyone would pay her mind . . .u003cbru003eu003cbru003eA deeply satisfying thriller cum fairy tale, u003ciu003eDrive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead u003c/iu003eis a provocative exploration of the murky borderland between sanity and madness, justice and tradition, autonomy and fate. Whom do we deem sane? it asks. Who is worthy of a voice?
