The Lost Soul

“Olga Tokarczuk’s simple words and Joanna Concejo’s tender images tell a story we need to hear and see now in our brutal present—the parable of a soul lost and found”. —Siri Hustvedt, author of Memories of the Future. “This recipe for the quiet life of home is an anodyne for the feelings of stress, insecurity, angst and loss that today afflict most of us. Even imagining the fairy tale ‘small cottage at the edge of the city’ will soothe readers and their listeners. The tender illustrations offer fine details that sink deep into the memory”. —Annie Proulx, author of The Shipping News and Brokeback Mountain. “The Lost Soul is a treasure. Tokarczuk and Concejo offer their readers another way to see the velocity of days, the grace in waiting, and time itself. Turning Concejo’s pages of wonderful drawings gave me a much-needed pause, and a reassuring perspective on loss, patience, and reward”. —Leanne Shapton, author of Guestbook.