A review by bmcche
The Lost Soul by Olga Tokarczuk

4.0

Olga Tokarczuk is an amazing writer, and her translators are amazing at what they do. She's one of my favorite writers, and she is completely worthy of her Nobel Prize in Literature. The Lost Soul has all of that amazing writing, and more (drawings!). We learn that our souls sometimes can't catch up to us, and how problematic that can be. We also get information that your soul will come back to you if you keep in one place.
SpoilerI do think the child that shows up in the end of the story is his soul, and that this short story is mostly about how we lose ourselves much sooner than we think we do. I believe that this book can relate to childhood, and how we sometimes have to grow up faster, leaving behind that fun, carefree soul.
Overall, I wish I didn't leave this in my TBR pile for so long.