"Language directs perspective and, as such, always carries a value judgment; it evaluates reality by choosing what will be described or discussed."
— Olga Tokarczuk

January 1, 1970

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"Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk on ‘The Books of Jacob,’ her magnum opus, newly translated into English" in The Seattle Times (15 April 2022)