The Nobel laureate called the attack on Ukraine a direct echo of World War II

Polish Nobel laureate in literature Olga Tokarchuk calls Russia's aggression a “threat to the free world.”

Writer Olga Tokarchuk, known for the humanistic themes of her works Speaking at a literary festival in Jerusalem , she expressed her opinion on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, calling it a “threat to the whole free world,” writes The Independent.

Poles share a sense of danger for Ukrainians, the danger that Russia poses to the free world, “Tokarchuk said, adding that her country's government had warned for years about the risks posed by Russian aggression.

“No one could have imagined that this war would be so brutal, anachronistic, this war is reminiscent of horrific images of World War II,” she added.

In 2018, the writer was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for the epic Book of James »About a Jewish mystic and leader of a sect named Jacob Frank.

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“The history of the formation of Jewish heretical movements in the XVIII century became a thread that sews time and space, the territory of Poland and Ukraine, Catholicism, Judaism and Islam,” – said in a description of the Ukrainian edition of the book on the bookstore “Ye”.

< The heroes of the book are waiting for the coming of the new Messiah, who would unite people on both national and religious grounds. They belong to different nations: Poles, Ukrainians, Turks, Germans, Czechs ... Orthodox, Muslim, Jewish, Catholic and other doctrines are intertwined in the pages of the book. The events take place in different locations, including modern Ukrainian territories.

We will remind, in the Czech Republic offer to give the Nobel Peace Prize to Zelensky. It is also worth noting that Tokarchuk grew up in a family of Ukrainians, her grandmother, a native of our country.

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Based on materials: ZN.ua

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