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Chinese Letter

Chinese Letter

Basara, Svetislav
Lucic, Ana

Paperback

Series: Eastern European Literature

Literary Fiction

Publisher Price: $12.95

ISBN10: 156478374X
ISBN13: 9781564783745
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Published: Dec 1 2004
Pages: 132
Weight: 0.45
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.40
Language: English

Ordered by two mysterious men to write a statement of about 100 pages, the narrator of Chinese Letter--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 humor.

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