Lost Soul

<b>A beautifully illustrated meditation on the fullness of life for readers of all ages by <b>by Nobel Prize-winning novelist Olga Tokarczuk.</b> <p/>Olga Tokarczuk's <i>The Lost Soul</i><b> </b> an experimental fable illustrated by Joanna Concejo and translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones resonates with our current moment. . . . What a striking and lovely material object it is. <i>--New York Times <p/></i><i>The Lost Soul</i> by Olga Tokarczuk and illustrator Joanna Concejo is a quiet meditation on happiness following a busy man who loses his soul. . . It pours a childlike sense of wonder into a once-upon-a-time tale that is already resonating with adults around the world. <i>--The Guardian</i></b> <p/><i>The Lost Soul</i> is a deeply moving reflection on our capacity to live in peace with ourselves to remain patient attentive to the world. It is a story that beautifully weaves together the voice of the Nobel Prize-winning Polish novelist Olga Tokarczuk and the finely detailed pen-and-ink drawings of illustrator Joanna Concejo who together create a parallel narrative universe full of secrets evocative of another time. Here a man has forgotten what makes his heart feel full. He moves to a house away from all that is familiar to him to wait for his soul to return. <p/>Once upon a time there was a man who worked very hard and very quickly and who had left his soul far behind him long ago. In fact his life was all right without his soul--he slept ate worked drove a car and even played tennis. But sometimes he felt as if the world around him were flat as if he were moving across a smooth page in a math book that was covered in evenly spaced squares... --from <i>The Lost Soul</i><br><i><br>The Lost Soul</i> is a sublime album a rare delicacy that will delight readers young and old. <p/>You must find a place of your own sit there quietly and wait for your soul. <p/>Winner of the Bologna Ragazzi Award Special Mention 2018 Prix de l'Union Internationale pour les Livres de Jeunesse (IBBY) The White Raven (IJB Munich) and the Lódź Design Festival Award.