Description
After nine months of self-imposed isolation following his wife's departure, the hero of Seven Terrors finally decides to face his loneliness and join the world once more. However, when the daughter of his old friend Alex appears in his flat one morning with the news that her father has disappeared, he realises that his life is again about to change. As the two search for clues in Alex's war diary, unearthed in a library in Sweden, they come upon tales of unspeakable horror and mystery: meetings with ghosts, a town under siege, demonic brothers who ride on the wings of war, and many more things so dangerous - and so precious - that they can only be discussed by the dead.
Nominated for the DUBLIN IMPAC PRIZE 2014 & the Science Fiction and Fantasy Translation Awards 2013, University of California, Riverside
About the Author
Bosnian author Selvedin Avdic's first book was a collection of short stories entitled Tenants and Other Phantoms, after which he produced a tourist guide to the historic Bosnian town of Jajca and a factual account of Zenica prison. His short stories have appeared in various anthologies and collections. Currently, he is the editor-in-chief of the online magazine Zurnal and edits his own radio show, Free Fight. Published to critical acclaim across the region, Seven Terrors is his first novel, his follow-up will be published by Istros in 2019.
Reviews
`'It's quite unlike anything I've read before, but it has all the consistency and force of something major and assured."; "It's a sideways look at the Bosnian war, with the divisions of the country mirrored in the divisions of life: between madness and sanity, the real world and the supernatural one, presence and absence, speech and silence.''; Nick Lezard in his Best Paperbacks 2014; "For all its wry humour and playfulness, this is a deeply serious exploration into the legacy of the Bosnian War, in which the fantastic elements are representative of an historical trauma too awful to describe directly." David Evans - The Independent; "...spine-chilling Gothic tale which involves mythological demons and rather hilarious observations about women's fashion magazines, alongside a terrifically compelling discourse on war, violence and humanity's dark heart." Ali Alizadeh, Sydney Review of Books
Book Information
ISBN 9781908236364
Author Selvedin Avdic
Format Paperback
Page Count 152
Imprint Istros Books
Publisher Istros Books
Nominated for the DUBLIN IMPAC PRIZE 2014 & the Science Fiction and Fantasy Translation Awards 2013, University of California, Riverside
About the Author
Bosnian author Selvedin Avdic's first book was a collection of short stories entitled Tenants and Other Phantoms, after which he produced a tourist guide to the historic Bosnian town of Jajca and a factual account of Zenica prison. His short stories have appeared in various anthologies and collections. Currently, he is the editor-in-chief of the online magazine Zurnal and edits his own radio show, Free Fight. Published to critical acclaim across the region, Seven Terrors is his first novel, his follow-up will be published by Istros in 2019.
Reviews
`'It's quite unlike anything I've read before, but it has all the consistency and force of something major and assured."; "It's a sideways look at the Bosnian war, with the divisions of the country mirrored in the divisions of life: between madness and sanity, the real world and the supernatural one, presence and absence, speech and silence.''; Nick Lezard in his Best Paperbacks 2014; "For all its wry humour and playfulness, this is a deeply serious exploration into the legacy of the Bosnian War, in which the fantastic elements are representative of an historical trauma too awful to describe directly." David Evans - The Independent; "...spine-chilling Gothic tale which involves mythological demons and rather hilarious observations about women's fashion magazines, alongside a terrifically compelling discourse on war, violence and humanity's dark heart." Ali Alizadeh, Sydney Review of Books
Book Information
ISBN 9781908236364
Author Selvedin Avdic
Format Paperback
Page Count 152
Imprint Istros Books
Publisher Istros Books
