The world is becoming more bizarre. Surprising and unpredictable short stories from the Nobel Prize winner for literature. Where does the feeling of strangeness come from? Is the strangeness of the qualities of the world, or is it more likely to be in ourselves? The word "bizarre" comes from Bizarre, France, which means "strange", "strange", but also "surprising". And this is what the latest book Olga Tokarczuk is the latest book. Ten short stories, each taking place in a different space: Volhynia during the invasion of Swedish troops, in contemporary Switzerland, in distant Asia, imaginary places. The variable rhythm of the short stories keeps the reader in tension, so he is not sure what will happen on the next page. The author leads him out of balance, stucks out of the comfort zone and shows that the world is increasingly understandable. Grotesque elements, black humor, fantasy and horror reveal that nothing is as it looks at first glance