A Quote by Olga Tokarczuk

We can feel in Poland a kind of phantom pain for lost multi-ethnic territories.

Olga Tokarczuk

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Ethnic Feel Kind Lost Pain Phantom Poland Territories

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Olga Tokarczuk
Polish - Writer
Born: January 29, 1962

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