Genre-composition metaphor of rhizome in the novel “Primeval and other Times” by Olga Tokarchuk
... Tokarczuk’s work functions as a method of plot construction for her literary texts in general and the novel Primeval and
Other Times in particular. The metaphor of the rhizome is expressed in the novel not only through the image of a giant fungal network, a mycelium, but also through a distinctive worldview based on the interconnectedness of all living things and all entities (human beings, living and non-living nature). Thus, Tokarczuk’s work offers a perspective on the world that is far removed from ...
