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Chinese Letter (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781564783745)
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Svetislav Basara
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xOrdered by two mysterious men to write a statement of about 100 pages, the narrator of Chinese Letter--who's not sure of his name, but calls himself Fritz--faithfully records the bizarre occurrences of his daily life: his absurd conversations with his mother who is abducted by slave traders, his visits to his friend who works in the hospital's autopsy room, and his sister's tumultuous marriage to the butcher's son, to name a few. Widely respected in Serbia, the term "Basarian" has been coined to refer to his unique writing style, reminiscent of the best of Samuel Beckett for its directness, existential pondering, and odd sense of humor.
Author: Svetislav Basara
ISBN-10: 156478374X
ISBN-13: 9781564783745
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Language: English
Published: 12/01/2004
Pages: 132
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.50d
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2004 pg. 927
Library Journal 01/15/2005 pg. 172
Library Journal 01/01/2005
By Svetislav Basara
xSvetislav Basara, born in 1953, is a major figure in Serbian and Eastern European literature. He is the author of more than twenty literary works, including novels, story collections, and essays. He has received numerous literary awards and his novel Fama o biciklistima [The Fuss about Cyclists, 1988] was proclaimed by Serbian literary critics to be one of the ten best novels of the 1980s.
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