Translated from the Serbian. Includes bibliographical references (page 208).
Contents:
Lost in the supermarket. Vanishing tales: Introduction to Schizophrenia -- Verbal transcendental portrait -- The drawing -- Surroundings -- Language class essay on the topic of "Insomnia" -- My name is Tmu -- Departing -- Maxims -- Fin who is sitting -- A sentence torn from context -- Letter to Skopje -- Providence -- The perfect crime -- Civil war within -- Lost in the supermarket.
Summary:
"Svetislav Basara's short fiction plays wild games with time and space while nonetheless keeping one foot grounded at all times in the real-life concerns of a young writer during the late communist and postcommunist eras in the former Yugoslavia. Dealing with civil war and other matters of life and death, Basara's stories remain stubbornly eccentric, retaining every quirk, kink, and convolution made famous in his celebrated English-language debut novel, Chinese Letter."--Page 4 of cover.
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