Milorad Pavić is a Serbian prose writer, whom critics have dubbed the first writer of the 21st century. His works are filled with magical realism. A phone call. It is the deceased husband of Elizabeth Swift and, at the same...
time, the narrator. Did he unravel the mystery of another body and gain immortality? Answers will be found in 18th century Venice. Anna and her beloved Zachariah find the owner of the house dead. He was performing a strange ritual with a poem, a stone ring that changes color, and the tears of the Virgin Mary. However, it was not magic that killed him but poison. The heroes decide to repeat the divination, but before that, Anna surrenders to Zachariah for the first time amidst the noisy carnival. The answers are also hidden in Hungary. Monk Gabriel learns the name of his murderer during confession and then receives a stone ring. Succumbing to temptation, the monk finds himself in the fiery embrace of Axinia, who whispers a poem during their intimacy. He tries to deceive fate and, with the help of "twig", wash away his sin, but doom pursues him and leads him along a predetermined path.
Milorad Pavić is a Serbian prose writer, whom critics have dubbed the first writer of the 21st century. His works are filled with magical realism. A phone call. It is the deceased husband of Elizabeth Swift and, at the same time, the narrator. Did he unravel the mystery of another body and gain immortality? Answers will be found in 18th century Venice. Anna and her beloved Zachariah find the owner of the house dead. He was performing a strange ritual with a poem, a stone ring that changes color, and the tears of the Virgin Mary. However, it was not magic that killed him but poison. The heroes decide to repeat the divination, but before that, Anna surrenders to Zachariah for the first time amidst the noisy carnival. The answers are also hidden in Hungary. Monk Gabriel learns the name of his murderer during confession and then receives a stone ring. Succumbing to temptation, the monk finds himself in the fiery embrace of Axinia, who whispers a poem during their intimacy. He tries to deceive fate and, with the help of "twig", wash away his sin, but doom pursues him and leads him along a predetermined path.
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