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The Carcass Remover
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9781917653046
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A bold, formally inventive novel that takes a darkly ironic, unflinching look at the psychological fallout of war, and the burden of histories both personal and collective. It follows
a nameless Hungarian man from Vojvodina, in modern Serbia, whose sense of self
dissolves, amid shifting borders, ethnic violence, and a slow erosion of all
meanin
a nameless Hungarian man from Vojvodina, in modern Serbia, whose sense of self
dissolves, amid shifting borders, ethnic violence, and a slow erosion of all
meanin
The
Carcass Remover
is a portrait of a man destroyed by war - The Yugoslav Wars. Srebrenica is never
mentioned, yet it may be the unspeakable centre of this man's labyrinthine
pattern of stories. A Hungarian from the former Yugoslavia, conscripted to
fight for the Serbs, he now haunts the borders of Europe: a traumatized,
nameless survivor with chronic digestive issues, his sole virtue the desire to
explain himself.
But
who is out there to hear his story? In a sense the reader is the ideal listener
to this man's desperate, sometimes comic, uncertain monologue - his one hope of
a cure, or absolution. This fiercely beautiful anti-war novel not only
celebrates the defiance of memory in the face of atrocity but asks what role we
as witnesses might play in helping to put a stop to it.
Carcass Remover
is a portrait of a man destroyed by war - The Yugoslav Wars. Srebrenica is never
mentioned, yet it may be the unspeakable centre of this man's labyrinthine
pattern of stories. A Hungarian from the former Yugoslavia, conscripted to
fight for the Serbs, he now haunts the borders of Europe: a traumatized,
nameless survivor with chronic digestive issues, his sole virtue the desire to
explain himself.
But
who is out there to hear his story? In a sense the reader is the ideal listener
to this man's desperate, sometimes comic, uncertain monologue - his one hope of
a cure, or absolution. This fiercely beautiful anti-war novel not only
celebrates the defiance of memory in the face of atrocity but asks what role we
as witnesses might play in helping to put a stop to it.
| Author | Danyi, Zoltan |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781917653046 |
| Pages | 288 |
| Published | 15/10/2026 |
| Publisher | To Be Reviewed |
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