The novel, written in verse, is about two brothers from the Irish island of Horse Island who head to Tibet to reach the top of the Flying Mountain.
The Chinese, the country of Kham, its inhabitants - nomads, are the setting for a story about a goal, persistence, longing, a search for an undiscovered, nameless mountain, perhaps the last "white spot" on the world map. It is also a novel about death and love.
At the heart of this fascinating multi-layered adventure novel is an authentic account of the fate of the Austro-Hungarian expedition to the North Pole in 1873.
Hearing in "Confessions of a Tourist", the author turned the material for conversations, conducted for the press over the years, into a fictitious hearing in which questions are asked about politics, adventures, literature, criticism...
It is about the world of our Slavonian wastelands, a microspace in which all 60 stories take place. Numerous characters are woven into these stories with their own destinies.
Matica hrvatska, 2024.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
10.98 €
Short stories • Short Stories • Novel • Russian literature
The book represents the author's anthology - the largest part is the novel Čisla (Čisla), followed by the short story Macedonian Criticism of French Thought and several short stories (Odin vog, Akiko, Fokus-grupa, Gost na prazniku bon).
"A novel that reveals to you the secrets of Mileva's heart, her thoughts and the passionate spirit of a scientist - a woman fighting for her place in the world of science ruled by men."