Empuzjon

In her latest novel, Empuzjon, her first since The Book of Jacob (2014), Tokarczuk revisits the unreal world of The Magic Mountain, intent on revealing its secrets and shattering its silence. She says that in writing Empuzjon, she wanted to dig around in Mann’s creation, lovingly, without unnecessary bitterness. The result is a novel of mixed emotions and blurred boundaries, a bittersweet encounter with Europe’s literary legacy.