Here is The Last Book page in the latest catallogue of Zoran Zivkovic’s Dutch publisher De Vliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman):

The Ljubljana based publisher “Blodnjak” acquired the Slovenian language rights in two more Zoran Zivkovic’s novels — The Last Book and The Ghostwriter.

“Blodnjak” has already published The Fourth Circle (2006), The Bridge (2008), The Library (2008), Miss Tamara, The Reader (2008) and Amarcord (2009), and intents to keep bringing out Zoran Zivkovic’s books.

The Slovenian editions of The Last Book and The Ghostwriter are due for publication by the end of the year.

The leading Serbian publisher “Zavod” acquired the exclusive rights in Zoran Zivkovic’s collected prose works both in Serbian and English. The Serbian language rights refer to the territory of Serbia, while the English language rights refer to the territory of former Yugoslavia.

The two slipcased editions will be published in two large luxurious hard-cover volumes each.

The first volume, Novels, will comprise seven Zoran Zivkovic’s novels (392,000 words): The Fourth Circle, The Writer, The Book, Hidden Camera, The Last Book, Escher’s Loops and The Ghostwriter.

The second volume, Impossible Stories, will contain ten Zoran Zivkovic’s collections (283,000 words): Time Gifts, Impossible Encounters, Seven Touches of Music, The Library, Steps through the Mist, Four Stories till the End, Twelve Collections, The Bridge, Miss Tamara, the Reader and Amarcord. Along with five uncollected stories (“Compartments”, “The Teashop”, “The Square”, “The Telephone” and “First Photograph”) there will be a total of seventy stories.

The two language editions of the first volume, Novels, will appear for the occasion of the 2009 Belgrade Book Fair, in late October. The two language editions of the second volume, Impossible Stories, are scheduled for early 2010.

Film rights for award-winning author Zoran Zivkovic’s novel Hidden Camera have been optioned to the Serbian production company Studio Sijan.

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

2. Impossible Encounters

3. Seven Touches of Music

4. The Library

5. Steps through the Mist

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).

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.

3^rd 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.

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.