About this Event
Join the Rosebud Bookshop - Contemporary Fiction Book Club - Flights by Olga Tokarczuk
Flights, a novel about travel in the twenty-first century and human anatomy. It interweaves travel narratives and reflections on travel with an in-depth exploration of the human body, broaching life, death, motion, and migration. From the seventeenth century, we have the story of the Dutch anatomist Philip Verheyen, who dissected and drew pictures of his own amputated leg. From the eighteenth century, we have the story of a North African-born slave turned Austrian courtier stuffed and put on display after his death. In the nineteenth century, we follow Chopin’s heart as it makes the covert journey from Paris to Warsaw. In the present we have the trials of a wife accompanying her much older husband as he teaches a course on a cruise ship in the Greek islands, and the harrowing story of a young husband whose wife and child mysteriously vanish on a holiday on a Croatian island.
Moderator: Mariana (@booksofmyown)
This is an in person event taking place at R. de Cedofeita, 634.
Read in your preferred language. Discussion in English
Order your book through Rosebud and receive a special discount!
Snacks and drinks will be provided.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
R. de Cedofeita 634, 634 Rua de Cedofeita, Porto, Portugal
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