“Fog,” “Sand,” and “The Distant Country” title some of the seven books of a historical novel in this language whose pages are numbered in reverse order. Jennifer Croft won the 2018 International (15[1])Booker prize for translating a novel in this language consisting of 116 vignettes that was written by the (15[1])author of The Books of Jacob. The novel Insatiability is discussed in a book in this language that examines the intellectuals Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta. A historical trilogy in this language begins with the novel (*) With Fire and Sword. The novel Flights was written in this (10[1])language by an author who was awarded a Nobel Prize along with Peter Handke. In a novel in this language, Marcus Vinicius falls in love with the Christian barbarian (10[1])Lygia. This language was used to write The Captive Mind. For 10 points, name this primary language of Olga Tokarczuk (“toh-KAR-chuk”), Czesław Miłosz (“CHESS-wahf MEE-wohsh”) and Henryk Sienkiewicz ■END■