Book information
Dalkey Archive Press
USA
2005
Paperback
132
Standard
249313
978-1-56478-374-5
1-56478-374-X
Annotation
Ordered by two mysterious men to "write a statement of about 100 pages", the narrator of this enthralling novel - 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 humour.
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