Muharem Bazdulj

An intriguing collection of essays/stories by the Bosnian writer, with echoes of Kiš, Kundera and Borges. All of the pieces evince a stong and idiosyncratic intellect at play, although not all are equally convincing. The story Tears in Turin has some disconcertingly clunky shifts in narrative focus, but is saved by a strong ending. The Hot Sun’s Golden Circle might be intriguing to readers unfamiliar with the story of the pharoah Amenhotep IV, but otherwise has little to offer. The best show more pieces here (which, to my mind, are A Twilight Encounter and Fiat Iustitia), however, have a genuinely Borgesian density to them… show less

O Andricu je za njegovog života mnogo pisano, a posle njegove smrti i mnogo više, skoro kao na tragu cuvene Andriceve recenice: "Posle naše smrti možete ispitivati i šta smo bili i šta smo pisali, ali za života samo ovo drugo."