Tyrkysový orel

by Michal Ajvaz

Dvě prózy zavádějící čtenáře do magického světa autorovy fantazie, který se skrývá pod všedním povrchem každodennosti. Povídka Bílí mravenci je inspirována počítačovou virtuální realitou a uměním šamanů, Zénónovy paradoxy jsou příběhem spisovatele, který si vytvořil vlastní krásný svět a ten věčně popisuje ve svém románu. Obě prózy upoutají magickým kouzlem vyprávění i hloubkou autorova pohledu na skutečné hodnoty života.

Genres: Fiction, Czech Literature, Fantasy, Magical Realism

162 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Michal Ajvaz is a Czech novelist, essayist, poet, and translator. He is a researcher at Prague's Center for Theoretical Studies. In addition to fiction, he has published an essay on Derrida, a book-length meditation on Borges, and a philosophical study on the act of seeing. In 2005, he was awarded the Jaroslav Seifert Prize for his novel Prázdné ulice (Empty Streets).

Reviews

[Anja · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book consists of two stories. First one was brilliant! Enchanting, interesting, gripping, I loved the characters and I really wish the author expanded the story and published it on its own. The second story was honestly boring. It started off slow and then it kinda had me for a moment, but it quickly lost me again. All in all, it was good - I would recommend the first story, I enjoyed it, but don't bother with the second one.

[Eena · Rating 1 out of 5]

Knjiga podijeljena na dva dijela , bez poglavlja, filozofiranje, duge rečenice, radnja bez smisla...ugl nije za mene.

[Vanja · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Tirkizni orao" zbirka je od svega dvije priče - "Bijeli mravi" i "Zenonovi paradoksi". Obje priče krase iste karakteristike - povezane su istim likom, pripovjedačem koji šeta Pragom i kojemu nepoznati ljudi slijedom okolnosti pripovijedaju svoje priče, koje se na kraju pretvaraju u priče u priči u priči, te mnoštvo iznimno detaljiziranih tehničkih opisa što mjesta, građevina i prostora, što strojeva i načina izrade. Priče su fantazmagorične, čudesne, gotovo kao da "čitaš" film "Inception". I dok je "Zenon" pomalo zamoran, "Bijeli mravi" me i u ponovnom čitanju naprosto oduševljavaju!