The Moment of the Bear

Do animals wear masks? And what is in their eyes when "there is no soul"? Is heterotopia possible - a world radically different from ours, where "killing and eating is out of the question" because the Others are "partners, loved ones"? Where, instead of knowledge-power, do we have a strategy of conscious ignorance, and instead of domination - compassion?

Balancing the verge of literary mythology and critical essay writing, Olga Tokarczuk tells us about the body, sexuality and death, gender entanglement, and darkroom seduction. About Michel Faber and Matrix. And also about his travels, maps of fears and lands, the streets of Amsterdam, and the horizon of the Ślęża Massif.