The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story by Olga Tokarczuk Groundswell Speaker 2024 the delight of dumplings and

the delight of dumplings and simple baked goods

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and sometimes a bit underwhelmed when we do try

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The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story by Olga Tokarczuk Groundswell Speaker 2024 the delight of dumplings andIn September 1913, Mieczyslaw Wojnicz, a student suffering from tuberculosis, arrives at Wilhelm Opitzs Guesthouse for Gentlemen, a health resort in what is now western Poland. Every day, its residents gather in the dining room to imbibe the hallucinogenic local liqueur, to obsess over money and status, and to discuss the great issues of the day: Will there be war? Monarchy or democracy? Do devils exist? Are women inherently inferior? Meanwhile,