Steps Through the Mist
by Zoran Zivkovic
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Author: Zoran ZivkovicEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-09-30
ISBN: 1933083107
Number of pages: 136
Publisher: Aio Publishing Company
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Book Review: Ghostly, surreal stories explore deeper themes
Summary: 4 Stars
Serbian essayist and author of speculative fiction Zivkovic reflects on the nature of fate and character in this "mosaic" novel, a group of thematically linked stories, surrealistic in feel and style, each of which share the metaphor of mist.
Sparely, precisely written, each of the five stories focuses on a woman at a different point in life and how she deals with a fate thrust upon her.
In the first story, there are actually two women affected - a young student and a prim, straight-backed teacher who believes she has seen everything a girl can come up with. When the girl claims the ability to share others' dreams, the teacher is forced to exert control in the only way she knows.
In the second a young woman is confronted with the ultimate nightmare - an infinite choice of futures, each infinitely clear to her, from which she must choose. In the third a middle-aged skier, freighted with choice, makes a very different decision, and in the fourth a fortuneteller confronts a very short lifeline and her own responsibility.
In the fifth story an old woman wakes to a silence that underscores her lifelong regret for a prideful, youthful impulse.
Zivkovic's stories are deceptively simple and beautifully written, touching on the connections between age, character, wisdom, experience, free will and fate while posing some very strange circumstances, ranging from fanciful to nightmarish.
This is the last mosaic novel in Zivkovic's "Impossible Stories" cycle and new readers will be likely to look for them all.
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