AbeautifullyillustratedmeditationonthefullnessoflifeforreadersofallagesbybyNobelPrize-winningnovelistOlgaTokarczuk.“OlgaTokarczuk’sTheLostSoul,anexperimentalfableillustratedbyJoannaConcejoandtranslatedbyAntoniaLloyd-Jones,resonateswithourcurrentmoment....Whatastriking,andlovely,materialobjectitis.“--NewYorkTimes“TheLostSoul,byOlgaTokarczukandillustratorJoannaConcejo,isaquietmeditationonhappiness,followingabusymanwholoseshissoul...Itpoursachildlikesenseofwonderintoaonce-upon-a-timetalethatisalreadyresonatingwithadultsaroundtheworld.“--TheGuardianTheLostSoulisadeeplymovingreflectiononourcapacitytoliveinpeacewithourselves,toremainpatient,attentivetotheworld.ItisastorythatbeautifullyweavestogetherthevoiceoftheNobelPrize-winningPolishnovelistOlgaTokarczukandthefinelydetailedpen-and-inkdrawingsofillustratorJoannaConcejo,whotogethercreateaparallelnarrativeuniversefullofsecrets,evocativeofanothertime.Hereamanhasforgottenwhatmakeshisheartfeelfull.Hemovestoahouseawayfromallthatisfamiliartohimtowaitforhissoultoreturn.“Onceuponatimetherewasamanwhoworkedveryhardandveryquickly,andwhohadlefthissoulfarbehindhimlongago.Infacthislifewasallrightwithouthissoul--heslept,ate,worked,droveacarandevenplayedtennis.Butsometimeshefeltasiftheworldaroundhimwereflat,asifheweremovingacrossasmoothpageinamathbookthatwascoveredinevenlyspacedsquares...“--fromTheLostSoulTheLostSoulisasublimealbum,araredelicacythatwilldelightreadersyoungandold.“Youmustfindaplaceofyourown,sittherequietlyandwaitforyoursoul.“WinneroftheBolognaRagazziAward,SpecialMention2018,Prixdel’UnionInternationalepourlesLivresdeJeunesse(IBBY),TheWhiteRaven(IJBMunich),andtheL籀dźDesignFestivalAward.
