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Karasinski, Maciej
Papers on language & literature, 03/2022, Letnik: 58, Številka: 2Journal Article
Karasinski discussesthematic parallels in O. V. Vijayan's The Legends of Khasak and Olga Tokarczuk's Primeval and Other Times and interpret forms of spiritual oppression presented in these novels. He intends to illustrate how the authors make use of the folklore of their respective cultures--Indian and Polish--to construct magical realities. Both authors narrate the histories of locales that have been ravaged by conflicts, spiritually contaminated, and sealed off from the real world. He examines the narration, symbols, making and unmaking of the places the authors, on more than one occasion, call "god's playground." In fact, the writers evoke the textures of Khasak and Primeval, with all their secrets and ambivalences.
