{"product_id":"the-lost-soul","title":"The Lost Soul","description":"\u003cb\u003eA beautifully illustrated meditation on the fullness of life for readers of all ages by \u003cb\u003eby Nobel Prize-winning novelist Olga Tokarczuk.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Olga Tokarczuk's \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Soul\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e 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.\" \u003ci\u003e--New York Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Lost Soul\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\" \u003ci\u003e--The Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Lost Soul\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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 \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Soul\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Lost Soul\u003c\/i\u003e is a sublime album, a rare delicacy that will delight readers young and old. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"You must find a place of your own, sit there quietly and wait for your soul.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner 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.","brand":"Seven Stories Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48000522322109,"sku":"BS-TC0-210345","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/9767\/2637\/files\/9781644210345-HD.jpg?v=1786808148","url":"https:\/\/boundigo.com\/products\/the-lost-soul","provider":"Boundigo Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}