
About the Book | |||
Herbarium of Souls, a translation of Tasics second short story collection Radost brodolomnika (Novi Sad: Svetovi, 1997), is a collection of four stories whose central characters operate in various forms of intellectual denial: in one, a formerMoreHerbarium of Souls, a translation of Tasics second short story collection Radost brodolomnika (Novi Sad: Svetovi, 1997), is a collection of four stories whose central characters operate in various forms of intellectual denial: in one, a former student struggles with problems of nostalgia when asked to investigate his professors last discovery and sudden disappearance at Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia- theres a tale where the heart of darkness is the narrators idea of wilderness - a trip into the forests of the Alps- theres a fictional account of a logician meeting Rudolf Steiner- and a reknowned artist becomes colour-blind after an accident. | |||