We know of her ‘Ailments’, as she dubs her chronic illness, and of her hatred of given names. The first person narration, used throughout the text, lets the reader in on to the narrator’s thoughts, her witty remarks and astrological musings. Drive Your Plow guides the reader through horrific accidents, with language that is fluid and accessible yet tainted with an unusual manner of speaking, leaving us to wonder, for a short while, if this story is situated in the present, and then, whether the narrator is out of her mind. Tokarczuk’s master storytelling paired with Antonia Lloyd-Jones’ excellent translation pause the happenings of the plot to delve into contemplation of mankind and the universe. The newly translated noir novel Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Man Booker International Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk is an entertaining one, yet it is not your typical mystery page-turner. Our narrator introduces us to an alarming situation in an almost mechanical tone.
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