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Andrej Nikolaidis - Son, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

Son

Av Andrej Nikolaidis

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The Son follows one night in the life of a hero with no name, a writer whose life is on the verge of falling apart. One fateful afternoon, his wife leaves him and his long-term conflict with his father, who blames our hero for his mother's death, comes to a head. Incapable of finding inner calm—for our hero is a man who cannot seem to adapt to new times and rules—he steps into the warm Mediterranean night that has fallen in the city of Ulcinj, itself a multilayered mixture of European dimensions, African influences and the communist past.On his journey into the night, the writer meets an assortment of characters: a piano student from Vienna who has abandoned his musical career and converted to Islam, a radical Christian preacher and a group of refugees from Kosovo. In the style of Mihail Bulgakov, the characters meet in the old city of Ulcinj at the dramatically named Square of the Slaves. It is here where, in times of old, the pirates who lived in the city until the nineteenth century would bring and sell captured slaves, amongst them Miguel de Cervantes. And it is here that the dénouement of this fascinating novel takes place.Andrej Nikolaidis is one of the most outspoken and acclaimed writers in the Balkan region. His novels, philosophical works and articles have been translated into several languages, and have won him both awards and notoriety. He lives and writes in the ancient Montenegrin port city of Ulcinj. Winner of the European Prize for Literature 2011This book is also available as a eBook. Buy it from Amazon here.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2013-08-13
  • Mått: 129 x 198 x 7 mm
  • Vikt: 123 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 140
  • Förlag: Istros Books
  • ISBN: 9781908236128
  • Översättare: Will Firth
  • Utmärkelser: Winner of European Union Prize for Literature 2011
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Andrej Nikolaidis is Montenegro’s most controversial writer, as well as being its most awarded one. His first critically acclaimed novel Mimesis (2003) was followed by The Son (2006), The Coming (2009), Till Kingdom Come (2012) and The Hungarian Sentence (2016). An ardent supporter of Montenegrin independence, anti-war activist and promoter of human rights, Nikolaidis became known for his political views and public feuds. He writes regular columns for the daily Montenegrin newspaper Vijesti, and has written a number of articles for the Guardian UK.

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'The blurb of Andrej Nikolaidis' The Son describes the novella as following "one night in the life of a hero with no name". It is perhaps more accurate to describe the narrator-cum-protagonist as an antihero, at times reminiscent of Patrick Bateman with his interest in serial killers and a fixation with creating soundtracks to moments in his life. However, it is arguably this that makes the book all the more triumphant; in spite of the narrator's scathing, snobbish views on humanity, we are compelled to read them.' Debjani Biswas-Hawkes in The Literateur "...makes Samuel Beckett look positively cheery; yet the relentless pessimism has an oddly invigorating effect." Five Star Review in The Independent "Nikolaidis is a writer of great vibrancy and visual poetry. His descriptive prose is a joy to read. It begs to be read at ease, to luxuriate in the language and the choice of words." Marcus Agar, Journalist. Blogger. Copywriter. W!ildRooster

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