{"product_id":"the-olcinium-trilogy-andrej-nikolaidis","title":"The Olcinium Trilogy - Andrej Nikolaidis","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA trilogy by Andrej Nikolaidis. Translated by Will Firth\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOlcinium, the Latin name for present-day Ulcinj, is one of the oldest settlements on the Adriatic coast and ruled in turn by the Illyrians, Romans, Byzantines and Ottomans, as well as being an important Venetian port and a centre for the slave trade. It was also home to Fra Dolcino, a medieval heretic who announced the return of the Messiah and Sabbatai Zevi, a Renaissance cabalist who maintained that he was the Messiah and according to legend left behind sacred writings, The Book of Return: Both make appearances in this trilogy. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Olcinium Trilogy\u003c\/em\u003e brings together three of Nikolaidis’ short novels: The Son, The Coming and Till Kingdom Come, which together encompass an apocalyptic vision of this ancient town; where mystics have prophesized, regimes plotted against their citizenry and ordinary people resorted to crime and deceit in order to survive. Like his literary hero, Thomas Bernhard, Nikolaidis’ prose is precise and bitingly funny and his protagonists are hopeless misanthropes: from the local sleuth who sacrifices truth for the sake of telling his clients the stories they want to hear to the local reporter who discovers that his own past was concocted by Yugoslav secret services and enters a state of time-travelling paranoia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for Andrej Nikolaidis:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“… a compulsively readable mixture of humour and dark fate, Nikolaidis bitterly explodes all Balkan post-Communist myths.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSlavoj Žižek, Philosopher and author of The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e”…makes Samuel Beckett look positively cheery; yet the relentless pessimism has an oddly invigorating effect.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFive Star Review. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/books\/reviews\/paperback-review-the-son-by-andrej-nikolaidis-trs-will-firth-8803255.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable id=\"product-attribute-specs-table\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003ePages\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd data-th=\"Pages\"\u003e400\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003ePublication Date\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd data-th=\"Publication Date\"\u003e2019\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003ePublisher\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd data-th=\"Publisher\"\u003eIstros Books\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eISBN\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd data-th=\"ISBN\"\u003e9781912545995\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eBinding\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd data-th=\"Binding\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd data-th=\"Author\"\u003eAndrej Nikolaidis \/ \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eWill Firth (Translator)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Diavazo Greek Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56867623600510,"sku":"the olcinium trilogy","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0580\/7574\/2397\/files\/the-olcinium-trilogy-andrej-nikolaidis-9209455.jpg?v=1769761692","url":"https:\/\/checkout.diavazo.co.uk\/products\/the-olcinium-trilogy-andrej-nikolaidis","provider":"Diavazo Greek Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}