A MAJOR DEAL WITH DUMONT BUCHVERLAG
One of the most prestigious German publishers, DuMont Buchverlag, bought the exclusive rights in as much as five Zoran Zivkovic’s books, through AVA International Literary Agency:
1. Time Gifts
4. The Library
The five mosaic-novels will be brought out in the Spring of 2011 in a single hard-cover volume titled Impossible Stories.
DuMont also aquired an option in The Bridge.
Here is the cover of the Dutch edition of The Last Book. The novel will be brought out in January 2010 by De Vliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman).
Impossible Stories II (which consists of Compartments, Four Stories till the End and Amarcord, as well as two stand-alone stories, “The Square” and “First Photograph”) has received a starred review from Publishers Weekly:
Zivkovic (The Writer/The Book/The Reader) masterfully filters memory and art through absurdism in this limited edition collection. “Compartments” follows an unnamed man as he is escorted through six rooms on a train, encountering odd travelers who tell him about a mysterious muse-like woman. “Four Stories Till the End,” the pinnacle of both storytelling and strangeness, features four people, each interrupted in turn by guests who tell art-themed stories with delightful digressions on the horrible crimes prevented by circus detectives and the need for any top hotel to have a weapons factory. “Amarcord,” named for Fellini’s 1973 film, comprises 10 short stories wherein various people buy, sell and lose their memories. Two shorter pieces round out the collection, which neither has nor needs mainstream appeal; fans of Zivkovic’s unclassifiable quirkiness will quickly snap up all 500 copies.
Impossible Stories II will be released in September by PS Publishing in the UK.
THE FOURTH CIRCLE RIGHTS TO PS PUBLISHING
John Jarrold has sold World English language limited-edition rights in award-winning Serbian author Zoran Zivkovic’s first novel, THE FOURTH CIRCLE, to Peter Crowther of PS Publishing, for publication in 2010.
‘The novel is subtle and fascinating’, said Jarrold. ‘It’s a true classic.’
Contact John Jarrold for further information, by e-mail at j.jarrold@btinternet.com or by phone on 01522 510544.
3rd July 2009
This is just in from the Kurodahan Press:
We are honored to announce that agreement was reached today with renowned Serbian author Zoran Zivkovic to publish his uniquely fascinating stories in Japanese.
Acclaimed in nations around the world, his works have earned him literary recognition including the World Fantasy Award and a host of top-billed reviews in The Washington Post, The New York Times, Locus, Strange Horizons and Booklist, among others.
Kurodahan Press will be publishing this first collection of short stories in Japanese this fall as “The Teashop and other Impossible Stories” (provisional title), which will include three of his finest works:
“The Fire,” contained in Seven Touches of Music and other books
“Hole in the Wall,” contained in Steps Through the Mist and other books
“The Teashop,” contained in Fantasy: The Best of the Year 2008 and other books
The stories will be translated by SHIBATA Miyoko, and feature an introduction by Professor TATSUMI Takayuki of Keio University.
Another beautiful PS Publishing edition of my books is just out — the triptych The Writer/The Book/The Reader.
There are going to be as many as four PS Publishing books of mine in 2009. The Bridge and The Writer/The Book/The Reader, which have already appeared, and Impossible Stories II and Escher’s Loops, which are scheduled for September and December respectively.
The Slovenian edition of Amarcord is just out. It is the fifth book of mine published by “Blodnjak”, after The Fourth Circle, The Bridge, Miss Tamara, the Reader and The Library.
Here is the cover of the forthcoming South Korean edition of The Last Book, to be brought out by the Eyes & Heart Publishers.
ZORAN ZIVKOVIC DUTCH RIGHTS SOLD
John Jarrold has sold Dutch-language rights in award-winning Serbian author Zoran Zivkovic’s novel The Last Book to Rienk Tychon of The Flying Dutchman. The book will be published around the end of 2009, or very early in 2010.
The Last Book has been published to acclaim across Europe, including a German edition that sold out its initial printrun in weeks.
Contact John Jarrold for further information, by e-mail at j.jarrold@btinternet.com or by phone on 01522 510544
12th May 2009
Another launch of my new novel The Ghostwriter took place on April 27 in the Public Library of the city of Subotica. My slightly Napoleonic pose was quite accidental…
