En sann historia

by Olga Tokarczuk, Jan Henrik Swahn (Translator)

Professorn insåg att han, där han satt böjd över kvinnan, skulle kunna framstå som någon i färd med att ta livet av henne. Han försökte därför komma på fötter och ta sig därifrån, men fick en knuff och föll framstupa ner i den mörka blodpölen.

Att vara på fel plats vid fel tidpunkt kan få ödesdigra konsekvenser. Den oskyldige kan misstas för skyldig, den uppburne falla hela vägen ner till samhällets botten.
Detta är första gången Olga Tokarczuks novell En sann historia ges ut på svenska, i översättning av Jan Henrik Swahn.

Genres: Short Stories

26 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2018

About the author

Olga Nawoja Tokarczuk is a Polish writer, activist, and public intellectual. She is one of the most critically acclaimed and successful authors of her generation in Poland. She was awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature as the first Polish female prose writer for "a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life".

For her novel Flights, Tokarczuk was awarded the 2018 Man Booker International Prize. For Flights and The Books of Jacob, she won the Nike Awards, Poland's top literary prize, among other accolades; she won the Nike audience award five times.

Her works have been translated into almost 40 languages, making her one of the most translated contemporary Polish writers. The Books of Jacob, regarded as her magnum opus, was released in the UK in November 2021 after seven years of translation work, followed by release in the US in February 2022. In March that year, the novel was shortlisted for the 2022 International Booker Prize.

Source: wikipedia
Photo: Łukasz Giza

Reviews

[Lisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

As scary as it is short.

Imagine falling out of your context by a single act of compassion for a fellow human being...

[John Hatley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another great short story by a master storyteller!

[Ioana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bra, men INTE rolig

[Entertainment · Rating 4 out of 5]

Crazy how messed up things can get for oneself just by trying to help another human being

[Ester · Rating 5 out of 5]

Forceful