Landscape Painted with Tea
Author: Pavic, Milorad
ISBN: 9780679733447
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 01 Oct 1991
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback / softback
By the author of the highly acclaimed literary bestseller i>Dictionary of the Khazars,/i> this is a tale of a mysterious quest that is part modern Odyssey and part crossword puzzle. It begins with the story of a brilliant but failed architect in Belgrade and his search for his father, an officer who vanished in Greece during World War II. br> br> The truth about his fate-some of it set in motion 2,000 years ago and some of it by the Nazis-is raveled in the history and secrets of Mount Athos, the most ancient of all monasteries, perched atop its inaccessible mountain on the Aegean.br> br> "A hugely ambitious, playful, inventive, demanding, magical, linguistically sensuous reading experience."-i>The Washington Post/i>br> br> "A brilliantly playful and haunting novel."-i>The New York Times Book Review/i>
ISBN: 9780679733447
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 01 Oct 1991
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback / softback
By the author of the highly acclaimed literary bestseller i>Dictionary of the Khazars,/i> this is a tale of a mysterious quest that is part modern Odyssey and part crossword puzzle. It begins with the story of a brilliant but failed architect in Belgrade and his search for his father, an officer who vanished in Greece during World War II. br> br> The truth about his fate-some of it set in motion 2,000 years ago and some of it by the Nazis-is raveled in the history and secrets of Mount Athos, the most ancient of all monasteries, perched atop its inaccessible mountain on the Aegean.br> br> "A hugely ambitious, playful, inventive, demanding, magical, linguistically sensuous reading experience."-i>The Washington Post/i>br> br> "A brilliantly playful and haunting novel."-i>The New York Times Book Review/i>
