Here I am, giving a lecture on my prose writing at the Institute for the Slavic Studies of the Graz University, on April 21st.
Author Archives: zzivkovic
The 451 Editores springtime catalogue
Here is the Hidden Camera page in the 451 Editores Springtime catalogue. My Spanish publisher did me a favor by substantially rejuvenating me. The photo was taken nearly ten years ago.
Press release
‘TWELVE COLLECTIONS AND THE TEASHOP’ UKRAINIAN RIGHTS TO ‘PIRAMIDA PUBLISHERS’
The Ukrainian language trade edition rights in award-winning Serbian author Zoran Zivkovic’s mosaic novel ‘TWELVE COLLECTIONS AND THE TEASHOP’ went to the Lvov based ‘Piramida Publishers,’ for publication in 2009.
15th April 2009
“Alarm Clock on the Night Table” on the BBC 7
BBC 7 is about to re-broadcast on April 16th & 17th the radio adaptation of my novella “Alarm Clock on the Night Table.”
You can find more details about how to listen to it at the BBC 7 website.
The UK edition of Impossible Stories II
Here is the jacket of the forthcoming UK edition of Impossible Stories II. The mega collection comprises Compartments, Four Stories till the End and Amarcord, as well as two stand-alone stories, “The Square” and “First Photograph.”
The Spanish edition of Hidden Camera
Here is the cover of the forthcoming Spanish edition of Hidden Camera. The 451 Editores book is scheduled to appear in late May / early June.
Silence Without review of The Fourth Circle
An entirely fascinating view of my novel The Fourth Circle:
The story is comprised of individual streams which, at first, appear to have nothing in common. An individual walking on an empty planet. An AI in a remote temple in a wild jungle. Echoes of historical figures; Archimedes, Nikolas Tesla, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A species of spheres. A giant ring of living electricity in space. Poor frightened painter’s assistant. Some streams uncurl for the length of the book, others surfacing only briefly to counterpoint those coming before and following after. There are familiar things unfurled, exotic things, exciting things, whimsical things, ordinary things, odd things, and for some time each of these fragments appear unrelated to the others. They are in different times and different places with no hope of ever crossing, so how then do the threads tie together?
Each vignette is a masterpiece on its own, however. At the end of each chapter, I was equal parts joy at returning to a stream, and irritation at departing from the last. They are all of them utterly fascinating, beautifully crafted and with such diversity that there is no chance for the reader to get tired, or become glutted on the book. With the constant contrast and variety, every chapter is something new and refreshing.
PS Publishing updates
It has just been announced that agent John Jarrold has sold World English-language limited-edition rights for Zoran’s new novel The Ghostwriter to Peter Crowther of PS Publishing in the UK; the book is scheduled for publication in 2010. This is in addition to Impossible Stories 2 (another mega-collection that will gather together Compartments, Four Stories Till the End, and Amarcord), as well as the full-length novel Escher’s Loops, both of which will be published by PS later in 2009.
With these recent developments, I thought it would be a good idea to update everyone on Zoran’s other titles at PS Publishing, both current and forthcoming.
The Writer, The Book, The Reader: collection, mid-2009 (forthcoming)
The Bridge: novella, early 2009 (now available!)
The Last Book: novel, March 2008
Twelve Collections and the Teashop: double-novella, June 2007
Impossible Stories: mega-collection, April 2006 (low stock, only 10 copies or less!)
What this means is that as of 2010, with the only exceptions of The Fourth Circle and Hidden Camera, PS Publishing will have released all of Zoran’s fiction to date in English, either individually or collected in mega-collections, all of which are beautifully produced. This is quite a remarkable achievement, and something to be celebrated.
:-Jason Erik Lundberg, webmaster
Lecture in Graz, Austria
Dear friends,
I am glad to let you know that I am invited to give an extensive lecture on my prose writing at the Institute for Slavic Studies of the Karl-Franzens University in Graz, Austria, 20th to 22nd April.
The Ghostwriter Subotica launch
Following are the photos of the launch of The Ghostwriter in the city of Subotica, located in northern Serbia.