After Mongolia, Svetislav Basara, who wandered around in «
Absurdia », brings us to Beijing where the narrator finds his
evanescent friend Fin, to Paris where he shares his thoughts
while falling from the Eiffel Tower, to Susengerd where he buys
his mother back after she was kidnapped by slave traders, and
so on. In basarian cosmogony, it is obvious that these Mongolia,
China, Cyprus and other Serbias are, if not imaginary, at least
outrageously unauthentic places, sham countries, absurd entities.
As absurd as what’s taking place inside them, that is to say
the whole human activities. The only thing which authenticity and reality cannot be called
into
question, is the overwhelming feeling of nothingness.
That’s how, in the shortstory Lost in a supermarket, the narrator is being locked in a temple of consumption where he was going to buy some razor blades (to shave, unless, as he said, he wants to cut his veins), and as the phone rings through the night, who else could it be on the line other than God himself ?
That’s how, in the shortstory Lost in a supermarket, the narrator is being locked in a temple of consumption where he was going to buy some razor blades (to shave, unless, as he said, he wants to cut his veins), and as the phone rings through the night, who else could it be on the line other than God himself ?
TITLE : Lost in a Supermarket
AUTHOR : Svetislav Basara
COUNTRY : Serbia
AUTHOR : Svetislav Basara
COUNTRY : Serbia
NUMBER OF PAGES : 180
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Svetislav Basara was born in western Serbia in 1953. One of the most brilliant — and most controversial — writers of his generation, his iconoclastic production includes books that are small masterpieces of the absurd. He gives a rough time both to the rules of the novel.He has published a number of novels, short story collections and works of nonfiction. His books have been translated into English, Greek, Italian, Hungarian, Slovak, and French.
Svetislav Basara was born in western Serbia in 1953. One of the most brilliant — and most controversial — writers of his generation, his iconoclastic production includes books that are small masterpieces of the absurd. He gives a rough time both to the rules of the novel.He has published a number of novels, short story collections and works of nonfiction. His books have been translated into English, Greek, Italian, Hungarian, Slovak, and French.






