- In a small town in occupied Czechoslovakia, Joshua, a thirteen-year-old Jewish boy will be saved by taking refuge in an attic that is a forgotten library with thousands of outdated books. During the rest of the War time, he will be reading endlessly, his mind grafted with the multitude of readings that the previous occupant, an old rebel, had collected during his adventurous life. From this attic, Joshua, with two friends as his apostles, communicates to the young people of the city the subversive ideas that so many readings have instilled in him, sowing the seeds of disobedience, questioning, rebellion and inviting them to colonize reality with a myriad of irrational visions, giving form and content to Utopia.
Michalis Albatis uses his exquisite style to talk about books and their influence and The resiliation of time can be read as a fable on human thought.
Film rights optioned, Bulgarian rights sold, Italian, French and English extracts available
Nisos, 2024, 180 p.
