Under the Crumbling Ceiling
5 hrs. 6 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Goran Petrović
Author
Goran Petrović
Narrator
Nikita Politseymako
Narrator
Nikita Politseymako
Description
Goran Petrovich, a well-known Serbian author whose work is deeply infused with magical realism, writes novels that feel like fairy tales.
Shoemaker Loza Jovanović had a treasured dream. To make it come true, he bought an entire railcar of retired army boots for his right foot at auction, and a month later—at another auction—for his left foot. That’s how the story of the hotel “Yugoslavia” began. In the concert hall, with a plaster depiction of the Universe on the ceiling, people’s destinies will unfold. Rudi Prohaska rents the hall and starts showing films there. His parrot, named Democracy, will stay silent. When the new government decides to nationalize the cinema, the parrot will pass to the old ticket-taker as inheritance. Democracy will remain mute. Only after one special screening, which thirty people will attend, will Democracy finally speak.
If you liked works by such authors as Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriel García Márquez, Julio Cortázar, Umberto Eco, Theodore Hoffmann, and Milorad Pavić, this book by Goran Petrovich will be of interest to you.
Shoemaker Loza Jovanović had a treasured dream. To make it come true, he bought an entire railcar of retired army boots for his right foot at auction, and a month later—at another auction—for his left foot. That’s how the story of the hotel “Yugoslavia” began. In the concert hall, with a plaster depiction of the Universe on the ceiling, people’s destinies will unfold. Rudi Prohaska rents the hall and starts showing films there. His parrot, named Democracy, will stay silent. When the new government decides to nationalize the cinema, the parrot will pass to the old ticket-taker as inheritance. Democracy will remain mute. Only after one special screening, which thirty people will attend, will Democracy finally speak.
If you liked works by such authors as Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriel García Márquez, Julio Cortázar, Umberto Eco, Theodore Hoffmann, and Milorad Pavić, this book by Goran Petrovich will be of interest to you.
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