![]() ![]() ![]() Though Janina is, on the face of it, an animal rights activist, the core of this drama is about the condition of being human: how we live and age, our burdens, privileges and abuses. ![]() Hadingue inhabits her so fully that we feel her grief over the death of her dogs – “my girls” – as an epic tragedy. She is a thorn in the side of the authorities, shooting off messages to the police and quoting government laws at the council – a Miss Marple, lady of letters and Fargo’s Marge Gunderson in one. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. Janina is a fabulous creation, both hero and antihero. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (Paperback) Published October 18th 2019 by Fitzcarraldo Editions. Olga Tokarczuk’s unique novel interweaves reflections on travel with an exploration of human anatomy - examining life and death, motion and migration. Her friends – Dizzy (Alexander Uzoka), a former student Boros (Johannes Flaschberger), an entomologist and Oddball (César Sarachu), a neighbour – are all outsiders and non-conformists. The dead are all from the hunting club and Janina volubly espouses the theory that woodland animals are getting their revenge. With the help of an autocue (entirely excusable given the gargantuan burden of narration), Hadingue plays Janina, a beady-eyed, chronically sick animal lover living in a remote Polish village rocked by a series of inexplicable murders. ![]()
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