Service95 Recommends is the home of the books we love and reviews from our contributors. House Of Day, House Of Night is the latest book by Olga Tokarczuk, and translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones.
What We Say: “Ghosts, myths, cosmic dreams – Olga Tokarczuk (one of literature’s most original voices and author of Dua’s Monthly Read for January 2025, Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead) has done it again. House Of Day, House Of Night is weird, brilliant, and totally unforgettable. Set in a sleepy Polish village, it’s packed with surreal stories: bird-people, haunted borders, saints, and secrets. Fragmented but full of heart, it’s a constellation of folklore, history, and imagination. You won’t read anything else like it – and I dare you not to love it.” – Samantha de Haas
What They Say: “Written in 1998, and now translated into English, it is what Tokarczuk calls a “constellation” novel. It is made up of bits of memoir, dream diary, metaphysical musings and sketches of life in [rural] Poland…. House of Day, House of Night is packed with chewy philosophical ideas and spellbinding images.” – Johanna Thomas-Corr
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Samantha de Haas is Creative Production Manager at Service95
