In this masterful final work, Das a Drndic’s combative, probing voice reachesnew heights. In her relentless search for truth she delves into the darkestcorners of our lives. And as she chastises, she atones. Andreas Ban failed inhis suicide attempt. Even as his body falters and his lungs constrict, he tapson the glass of history—an impenetrable case filled with silent figures—andtries to summon those imprisoned within. Mercilessly, fearlessly, he continuesto dissect society and his environment, shunning all favors as he goes afterevil and the hidden secrets of others. History remembers the names ofperpetrators, not of the victims. Ban travels from Rijeka to Rovinj in nearby Istria, from Belgrade to Toronto to Tirana, from Parisian avenues to Italian palazzi. Ghostsfollow him wherever he goes: chess grandmasters who disappeared duringWWII; the lost inhabitants of Latvia; war criminals who found work in the CIAand died peacefully in their beds. Ban’s family is with him too: those he haslost and those with one foot in the grave. As if left with only a few pieces in achess game, Andreas Ban plays a stunning last match against Death.
An urgent new novel about death, war, and memoryfrom the highly acclaimed Croatian writer
