The writer Olga Tokarchuk, known for the humanistic themes of her works, speaking at a literary festival in Jerusalem, expressed her opinion on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, calling it a "

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

In 2018, the writer was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for the epic "

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“The history of the formation of Jewish heretical movements in the 18th century becomes a thread that sews together time and space, the territory of Poland and Ukraine, Catholicism, Judaism and Islam,” reads the description of the Ukrainian edition of the book on the website of the bookstore "

The heroes of the book are waiting for the coming of a new Messiah, who would unite people both on national and religious grounds..

They belong to different nations: Poles, Ukrainians, Turks, Germans, Czechs. Orthodox, Muslim, Jewish, Catholic and other doctrines are intertwined on the pages of the book. Events take place in different locations, including modern Ukrainian territories.

Recall that in the Czech Republic they propose to give the Nobel Prize to the world Zelensky. It is also worth noting that Tokarchuk grew up in a family of immigrants from Ukraine, her grandmother, originally from our country.