02376cam a2200313 4500 1607623328 TxAuBib 20240926120000.0 ||||||s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780593914243 0593914244 e062f019-82fa-4013-88cb-1e9a67408c89 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 10356141 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Tokarczuk, Olga. The Empusium [Libby] : A Health Resort Horror Story. Books on Tape, 2024. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 304MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 304MB. Fiction. Literature. Historical Fiction. HTML:The Nobel Prize winner’s latest masterwork, set in a sanitarium on the eve of World War I, probes the horrors that lie beneath our most hallowed ideas September 1913. A young Pole suffering from tuberculosis arrives at Wilhelm Opitz’s Guesthouse for Gentlemen in the village of Görbersdorf, a health resort in the Silesian mountains. Every evening the residents gather to imbibe the hallucinogenic local liqueur and debate the great issues of the day: Monarchy or democracy? Do devils exist? Are women born inferior? War or peace? Meanwhile, disturbing things are happening in the guesthouse and the surrounding hills. Someone—or something—seems to be watching, attempting to infiltrate this cloistered world. Little does the newcomer realize, as he tries to unravel both the truths within himself and the mystery of the sinister forces beyond, that they have already chosen their next target.   A century after the publication of The Magic Mountain, Olga Tokarczuk revisits Thomas Mann territory and lays claim to it, with signature boldness, inventiveness, humor, and bravura. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-09-25 20:00:03. Lloyd-Jones, Antonia. Soudek, Natasha. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=e062f019-82fa-4013-88cb-1e9a67408c89&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=e062f019-82fa-4013-88cb-1e9a67408c89&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)