| Escher's Loops Contributor(s): Zivkovic, Zoran (Author), Copple-Tosic, Alice (Translator), Ito, Youchan |
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ISBN: 4908793239 ISBN-13: 9784908793233 Publisher: Zoran Zivkovic OUR PRICE: $14.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Fantasy - Contemporary - Fiction | Fantasy - Humorous - Fiction | Magical Realism |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5" W x 8" (0.86 lbs) 362 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Once again Zivkovic demonstrates the sheer power of storytelling in this complex cycle of interlocking narratives. Like one of Escher's drawings, the narrative threads lead one through a dizzying labyrinth of recurring themes, images and characters, all of whom are linked with elegant mathematical precision: God and suicide, food and poison, monks, athletes, soldiers and soccer players all take their places in the circle-dance. Absurdity, surreality and humor abound; death is the ultimate destiny, yet always the next story offers infinite ways of escape. |
Contributor Bio(s): Copple-Tosic, Alice: - Youchan Ito was born 1968 in Aichi prefecture, Japan. She launched her career as a graphic designer in 1988, becoming a freelancer illustrator in 1991 and founding Togoru Co., Ltd. with her husband in 2000. In 2017 the company was reborn as Togoru Art Works. She works with a wide range of genres including cover art and design for science fiction, mysteries and horror titles, as well as illustrations for children's books. www.youchan.comZivkovic, Zoran: - Zoran Zivkovic was born in Belgrade, Serbia, on October 5, 1948. Until his recent retirement, he was a full professor at the Faculty of Philology, the University of Belgrade, teaching creative writing. He is one of the most translated contemporary Serbian writers: by the end of 2017 there were 93 foreign editions of his books of fiction, published in 23 countries, in 20 languages. Zivkovic has won several literary awards for his fiction, beginning with the Milos Crnjanski award in 1994 for his novel The Fourth Circle. In 2003, Zivkovic's mosaic novel The Library won a World Fantasy Award for Best Novella; in 2007 his novel The Bridge won the Isidora Sekulic award; and in 2007 he received the Stefan Mitrov Ljubisa award for lifetime achievement in literature. In 2014 and 2015 he received three awards for his contribution to the literature of fantastika: Art-Anima, Stanislav Lem and The Golden Dragon. Zoran Zivkovic has been recognized with his selection as European Grand Master for 2017 by the European Science Fiction Society at the 39th Eurocon in Dortmund, Germany. |