Under the Crumbling Ceiling

Goran Petrovic is a prominent Serbian writer whose work is infused with magical realism. His novels read like fairy tales.
Loza Jovanovic, the cobbler, had a dream. For it, he bought a whole wagon of discarded army boots for the right... foot at an auction. A month later, at another auction - for the left foot. Thus began the story of the hotel "Yugoslavia". Under the ceiling of the hall for concerts and dances with a plaster painting of the Universe, the stories of people will unfold. Rudi Prohaska rents the hall and will start showing films there. His parrot named Democracy will not utter a word. The government of the new country nationalizes the cinema, and the parrot will be inherited by the old ticket clerk. Democracy will not say a word. Only after one significant screening, attended by thirty people, will Democracy finally speak.
If you liked the works of Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Julio Cortazar, Umberto Eco, Teodor Hoffman, and Milorad Pavic, then this book by Goran Petrovic is for you.

The novel is part of the sub-series "Mainline. Balkan Collection". Like all books in the collection, it has a sealed edge, and the elements of the ornament on the cover refer to traditional patterns used in embroidery and carpet decoration. At the same time, the artist weaves symbols and images from books into the ornament. The flaps can be used as bookmarks, so you will never lose the place where you stopped.