In one of your poems you write about the spring that will come. On our geographical latitudes,
\nwhere for a long time the winter covers the world in darkness and cold, that\u2019s a powerful
\nmetaphor. I understand it well. The spring always comes.<\/p>\n
(Olga Tokarczuk ~ from a letter to Kaciaryna Andrejeva, imprisoned in Belarus | more at Pen International<\/a>)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In one of your poems you write about the spring that will come. On our geographical latitudes, where for a long time the winter covers the world in darkness and … Continue reading “Olga Tokarczuk: ‘It\u2019s autumn in our countries now, the foggiest, darkest and most rainy season. A time of year when it\u2019s easy to lose hope and to give in to negative thoughts.’”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[289,288],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-andrejeva-kaciaryna","category-tokarczuk-olga"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t