Inner Side of the Wind: A Novel About Hero and Leander

Milorad Pavić is the famous Serbian writer whose works blend magical realism and hypertextuality, allowing readers to influence the plot and storyline of the novels.

The book “The Inner Side of the Wind” is shaped like a water clock and can be read from either end.

Hero and Leandra feel a connection with each other across centuries. Though they live in different times, they sense each other in advance. Readers are invited to find and connect the subtle threads woven through time between the heroes.

Leander lives in the times of Turkish invasions and turns to seers who predict two deaths for him: by the sabre and by fire. These prophecies are “the inner and outer side of the wind.”

Hero knows that she will die at 12:05. While she teaches French to two children—one of whom lives in the future and translates novels by inserting his own novellas into them.