The world is getting more and more bizarre. Surprising and unpredictable short stories from the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Where does the feeling of strangeness come from? Is strangeness a characteristic of the world, or is it rather hidden within ourselves? The word "bizarre" comes from the French bizarre, which means "strange", "strange", but also "surprising". And just like that — astonishing and beyond all categories — is Olga Tokarczuková's latest book. Ten short stories, each set in a different space: in Volhynia during the invasion of Swedish troops, in contemporary Switzerland, in distant Asia, in imaginary places. The changing rhythm of the short stories keeps the reader in suspense, never for a moment sure what will happen on the next page. The author throws him out of balance, pushes him out of his comfort zone and shows that the world is becoming less and less comprehensible. Elements of grotesque, dark humor, fantasy and horror reveal that in reality nothing is as it seems at first sight