Law of Desire Thrillers while proving it's nearly impossible

while proving it's nearly impossible to make art if one thinks about it too much

Translated by Seán Kinsella

his impressions of his current

"Vila-Matas is one of the most celebrated writers in Europe

the anguished narrator has wanted to write the non-novel we are now reading – it was once called Project

Law of Desire Thrillers while proving it's nearly impossibleFollowing his short story collection, You Do Understand?, is this expansive collection of sixteen tales about "urban nomads" lost in a labyrinth of pop culture: "We go to the movies. We read books. We listen to music. No harm in that, but it's not real." A best seller in Eastern Europe, Law of Desire is Andrej Blatnik at the height of his powers. He is one of the most respected and internationally relevant post Yugoslav authors writing today.