Tokarczuk primeval and other times6/23/2023 ![]() Therefore, if they are strong enough, all human desires come true – but not always entirely as expected.” Sometimes along the way something in it gets distorted and changes. Then the image turns into a drop of matter, and joins the currents of life. Especially when it is done intensely and often. “Imagining is essentially creative it is a bridge reconciling mater and spirit. In this world view, matter and spirit are tightly bound at all levels of existence and imagination is a vital force driving life forward. In her unusual and affecting novel Primeval and Other Times, Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk introduces a world endowed with a cosmology that skews conventional Christian wisdom, placing God on the sidelines of His creation. Watched over by a somewhat irresolute God and His angels, the people of Primeval and the surrounding communities live out lives filled with love and loss, joy and pain, birth and death. Welcome to Primeval, a mythical village that exists, if it exists, somewhere in Poland at the very heart of the universe. ![]()
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