ARGONAUT BOOKS

When you read his books it's hard to believe your eyes. The author of this masterpiece was a twenty-five-year-old already weakened by disease, but Blecher's words don't merely describe the objects-they dig their talons into the things and hoist them high.Herta MüllerBlecher has often been compared to Kafka (and not without reason), but the strongest connection, however, is with Salvador Dalì. Like Dalì's 'soft clocks,' everything here is about to melt. It is as though Blecher's world is always on the verge of ontological collapse; from behind the veil of things, nothingness stares out at him.T...Read More