The Empusium - Olga Tokarczuk silent tears rolling down his

silent tears rolling down his cheeks

and he has influenced generations of poets around the world

Ia Genberg carefully unravels the value we place on both money and people

By turns sly and sweet

Translator: Robert Chandler

The Empusium - Olga Tokarczuk silent tears rolling down hisIn September 1913, a young Pole suffering from tuberculosis arrives at Wilhelm Opitzs 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