Review
"Svetislav Basara has written a fragmentary book in which, despite lots of digressions, the central theme can be clearly seen - an uninterrupted dispute between, not quasi-philosophical, but quite existential terms of I and Nothing. Coming face to face with the wild emptiness in the world with no firm grounding is the characteristic of a whole trend in modern art - speaking 'about nothing' in a most convincing way, he writes about the status of individuality in this century." - Mihajlo Pantic'"
Product Description
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.
