Janina who hates her name and gives other people a name she thinks will suit, prefers the company of animals to humans, reads and translates William Blake's poetry, live a life in the remote woodland in Polish, fights for what is right, doesn't let her age determine her abilities, trying to learn Astrology to her best, teaches English in a school is the most underrated heroine in the history of literature. Characters like hers are often not included in the work of fiction but should be included more. When it's a story of a woman, it's always about her family or marriage or relationship but this book was out of the ordinary which had this strong woman Janina and multifaceted yet realistic characters whose values differed in a way but also melted into the reality of the world and its cruelty. I don't beleive in astrology nor had I any interest in it but the way Tokarczuk has written about it has the ability to make anyone get interested in it although some might want to skip it if they much prefer it that way but you can't read it and not get invested in it. All the more, the fact that Tokarczuk has highlighted the parts where animal lives are concerned and when she and her old student sit down to translate Blake's poetry were my favourite parts. I also liked the character 'Oddball' so much. He is that sweetest grandfather or even a friend I would love to have