Articles on Olga Tokarczuk

Displaying all articles

Brett Boardman/Belvoir

April 9, 2026

A stage adaptation of Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead is truly singular, and genuinely memorable

Alexander Howard, University of Sydney

Olga Tokarczuk’s 2009 novel Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead has now been adapted for the stage.

Olga Tokarczuk. AAP

December 8, 2024

Horror, myth and a feminist reworking of Thomas Mann: Olga Tokarczuk’s The Empusium defies classification

Anthony Macris, University of Technology Sydney

The Empusium is a deft new take on the novel of ideas and convalescence.

The death of Jacob Frank. Wikimedia commons

March 16, 2022

Anti‑Semitism, opportunism, and political intrigue: Olga Tokarczuk’s whirlwind tour of the 18th century

Isabelle Hesse, University of Sydney

The Nobel Laureate’s new experimental epic is a masterful account of the life of a self-proclaimed Messiah.

Top contributors

Isabelle Hesse
Senior lecturer, English, University of Sydney
Anthony Macris
Professor of Creative Writing, University of Technology Sydney
Alexander Howard
Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney