Olga Tokarczuk has won the prestigious Man Booker International Prize for her novel Flights. The novel, translated by Jennifer Croft, narrates tales of travelling, mobility and movement and makes them a metaphor for life itself.
Olga Tokarczuk wins Man Booker Prize 2018
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