{"product_id":"impossible-stories-i-9784908793066","title":"Impossible Stories I","description":"\u003ch2\u003eImpossible Stories I by Zoran Zivkovic\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eImpossible Stories I\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of several of the author's finest works, including \u003cem\u003eTime Gifts, Impossible Encounters, Seven Touches of Music, The Library\u003c\/em\u003e (winner of the World Fantasy Award), and \u003cem\u003eSteps through the Mist\u003c\/em\u003e. The perfect introduction to the incredible world of Zoran Zivkovic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAward-Winning Fantasy Fiction\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis hardcover anthology brings together five distinctive narratives that showcase Zivkovic's unique approach to metaphysical storytelling. The collection includes \u003cem\u003eThe Library\u003c\/em\u003e, recognized with the prestigious World Fantasy Award, alongside four other carefully crafted tales that explore the boundaries between reality and the impossible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat Readers and Critics Say\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eImpossible Stories\u003c\/em\u003e might be approached as if one were inspecting a handsome piece of furniture, a cabinet in which each of any number of regularly sized and shaped drawers is built precisely to contain and to somehow exemplify its own metaphysical freight or uncanny puzzle, and it is in the rhythm and variety of the whole, too, that the nature of Zivkovic's craft can be apprehended and enjoyed.\u003cbr\u003e--Tony White, Wasafiri\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e...even though they own and use computers, Zivkovic's characters seem decidedly nineteenth century. They are as intelligent and as neurotic as Poe's personae, and admirers of that master of the outre-or of Borges, Gogol, Capek, and Lem-will be enthralled by them.\u003cbr\u003e--Ray Olson, Booklist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e...well worth reading for the ingenuity of Zivkovic's stories. He is extraordinarily clever and has a particular talent for devising awkward moral dilemmas for his characters. His writing is also ... quite unlike that of anyone else.\u003cbr\u003e--Cheryl Morgan, Emerald City\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eStories Included in This Collection\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach story in \u003cem\u003eImpossible Stories I\u003c\/em\u003e presents its own metaphysical puzzle and moral complexity. \u003cem\u003eTime Gifts\u003c\/em\u003e explores temporal paradoxes, while \u003cem\u003eImpossible Encounters\u003c\/em\u003e examines the nature of chance meetings. \u003cem\u003eSeven Touches of Music\u003c\/em\u003e weaves sound and narrative together, and \u003cem\u003eSteps through the Mist\u003c\/em\u003e ventures into liminal spaces between worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eFor Fans of Literary Fantasy\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders who appreciate the works of Jorge Luis Borges, Edgar Allan Poe, Stanislaw Lem, and Karel Capek will find familiar territory in Zivkovic's intelligent, neurotic characters and uncanny narratives. The author's nineteenth-century sensibility combined with contemporary settings creates a distinctive reading experience that stands apart from conventional fantasy fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis hardcover edition provides an accessible entry point into Zivkovic's body of work, demonstrating the ingenuity and moral complexity that defines his approach to speculative fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zoran Zivkovic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50493396222226,"sku":"9784908793066","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_59c70ef4-f4c5-4303-bb6d-d28b4819a8f5.jpg?v=1730646481","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/impossible-stories-i-9784908793066","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}