A Swarm of Dust - Softcover

Evald Flisar

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1908236388 ISBN 13: 9781908236388

Publisher: Istros Books, 2018

Synopsis

"A world without truth would be immensely sad," states the magistrate in the murder trial of local boy, Janek.

A young man with serious mental issues, Janek's strange `chestnut crown' - woven from the leaves of a supposedly sacred tree - was found on the body of the farmer Geder; stabbed to death with a bread knife. Through a series of flashbacks during the interrogations, we learn of Janek's story: from the perversion of his relationship with his mother, to the frustrations of his love affair with Daria and his inability to complete his studies or free himself from the ghosts of this past.

A Swarm of Dust is widely considered to be one of Flisar s finest works of fiction, questioning the very notion of objective truth and subverting the norms of Judeo-Christian morality.

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About the Author

EVALD FLISAR is a novelist, playwright, essayist, editor and seasoned traveller. Flisar was president of the Slovene Writers' Association from 1995 - 2002, and since 1998 is the editor of the oldest Slovenian literary journal Sodobnost (Contemporary Review). He is the author of eleven novels, two collections of short stories, three travelogues, two books for children and fifteen stage plays. Winner of the Preseren Foundation Prize, the highest state award for prose and drama, the prestigious Zupancic Award for lifetime achievement, three awards for Best Radio Play, and many more. His previous novels, My Father's Dreams and Three Loves, One Death were published with Istros in 2015 and 2016 respectively.

Edition details

• Publisher: Istros Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1908236388
• ISBN 13: 9781908236388
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200