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A Mosaic-Novel
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What lies behind the human urge to collect things? What is the true
psychology of the kleptomaniac? These questions bear on all of us;
within every person there lurks a fanatical philatelist or a
monomaniacal lepidopterist, just waiting to burst forth. In his new
story cycle, Twelve Collections, Zoran ®ivković, the master of
mind-bending surreal fantasy, applies his fertile mind to this problem.
Some of ®ivković’s characters are lonely eccentrics, driven to gather
unusual objects by quirks of temperament or fate; others are the victims
of metaphysical collectors from Beyond, entities eager to snap up
memories, emotions, and other loose fragments of the soul. In these
pages are explained the profound karmic consequences of photographic
narcissism, insane record-keeping, the archiving of one’s nail
clippings, and the infinite savouring of words; here also are exemplary
warnings against surrendering hope, living without creativity, accepting
too blithe a Heaven, and answering the phone in the middle of a
dream-haunted night. Of course, even with such sage counsel, life
remains uncertain and perilous; but even if ultimate answers can never
be found, a ®ivković collection is always eminently collectable… Also in
this volume: The Teashop, a superb new novelette about storytelling and
the miraculous weavings of Fate.
To be published in
the UK by PS Publishing, 2006.
A five part TV series "The
Collector", produced by the Belgrade based Studio B Television, is based on
this book.
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