![]() “ Clearly I did not inherit whatever gene it is that makes it so that when you linger in a place you start to put down roots. You may come to some poignant realisations about yourself as well, if you are a travel-lover. What motivates people to constantly move and migrate? What makes us want to wander – moving towards and away from parts of our lives? There are plenty of odes to that bustling mecca of travel – the airport. Instead, the reader is plunged into the depths of the psychology behind travel. Although this isn’t just another boring novel about a traveller undergoing a personal awakening. This quirky, darkly funny and insightful book combines compelling short stories of wanderers and voyagers, with personal anecdotes and philosophical forays. In other words, I am what I look at.” ― Olga Tokarczuk, Flights ![]() “ In essence, one becomes what one participates in. ![]() Tokarczuk is a thrilling and exhilarating writer who effortlessly criss-crosses genres and conventions, Flight is part essay, creative non fiction, travel novel and much more. ![]() Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk won the Man Booker International Prize for this novel in 2018 along with a Nike Award, Poland’s highest literary honour. Genre: Fiction, essay, creative non-fiction, travel. ![]()
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