A woman travels continuously, with her back turned to time and space. A little girl wants to
become Christ and, up to a certain point, she isn't doing too badly. A grandmother wakes up from anesthesia speaking French. A flooded room. A concert at the music venue 'Gagarin'. An add. Two Angels, one make-believe and one false. A train crossing a room. A marriage proposal. 'Knifed Time' and a series of suspects. 'A Clueless Fairy'. The 'Garden of Ephemeral Delights'. The deadliest sin.
A strange story of transgression, where reality reflects imagination, humor reflects anxiety and fabulation reflects painting, as the entire novel is articulated along a series of paintings by Rene Magritte - each chapter corresponding to one of his paintings. A book that arrests the reader up until the last page, just like s/he would be transfixed by a surrealist gallery or a baroque room with mirrors.
Excerpt translation in french and italian
Kastaniotis, 2008, 375 p.