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“[With] echoes of Sebald [and] Kundera…[There’s] no better travel companion in these turbulent, fanatical times.”
— Guardian (London)
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“[A] glittering, bravura entry in the literature of ideas…A select few novels possess the wonder of music, and this is one of them.”
— Los Angeles Review of Books
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“Flights
merges mini-essays and personal and philosophical meditations on what it means
to travel, to be in motion, with historical and fictional accounts of characters
whose lives get tangled far from home. The latter read like gripping short
stories, and the collage is moving and profound.”
— Literary Hub
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“Croft’s translation from Polish is light as a feather yet captures well the economy and depth of Tokarczuk’s deceptively simple style. A welcome reminder of how love drives out fear.”
— Millions
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“Dive in beyond physical place to the mind of the traveler in this experimental collection of interwoven stories, essays, and musings as delightfully meandering as wanderlust itself.
— Fodor’s Travels “Flights works like a dream does: with fragmentary trails that add up to a delightful reimagining of the novel itself.
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“Provides food for thought about what makes us move and what makes us tick.… Travel may broaden the mind, but this travel-themed book stimulates it.
— Minneapolis Star-Tribune
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Take the time to settle into this unconventional narrative that is by turns startling, moving and profound.
— Dallas Morning News “An unclassifiable medley of linked fictions and essays.… Reading it is like being a passenger on a long trip.... It’s amusing, exciting.... It moves... to moments of intense interest and beauty.
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“A disorienting, intelligent, and unforgettable book.
— Bustle “Prescient, provocative, and furiously comic.
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“An intellectual revelation… Flights seeks out bridges between the concepts of cosmopolitanism and cultural hybridity; between discoveries of affection and curiosity toward unknown cultures, and toward the intrinsic multiplicity of one’s own place of origin.
— Boston Review
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“Flights is epic in its scope and mission. … [The novel] reads as a sprawling, surreal meditation on what it is to be alive in an increasingly transient world.
— Vox “If a strictly linear narrative structure is obligatory to your definition of what makes for a ‘good book,’ I’d encourage you to set that requirement aside for a bit and consider this 2018 Booker Prize winner. … Themes and patterns will begin to emerge of lives and loves and a rocket ship ride through the swirl of stars that is us. An added bonus: Jennifer Croft’s translation (from Polish) is a joy to read and a template for a translation master class.
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“Deftly explores, in limpid, captivating vignettes, the spaces we inhabit—bodies, geographies, the expanse of the page—and the loves, fears, and wonder that inhabit us.
— Literary Hub
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“An indisputable masterpiece.
— Publishers Weekly, starred review “This host of haunting narratives teases the mind and taunts the soul... exhilarating.
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