{"title":"Svetislav Basara","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSvetislav Basara\u003c\/strong\u003e offers a distinctive voice in general fiction, weaving narratives rich with irony, wit, and social commentary. His works often explore complex themes through unconventional storytelling, inviting readers to reflect on the human condition and contemporary issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a style that balances sharp humour and profound insight, Basara’s novels challenge traditional perspectives and provoke thoughtful engagement. Expect a literary journey that is as intellectually stimulating as it is entertaining.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-rise-and-fall-of-parkinsons-disease-by-svetislav-basara-9781628976328","title":"The Rise and Fall of Parkinson's Disease","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExploring sanity and insanity, truth and untruth, \u003ci\u003eThe Rise and Fall of Parkinson's Disease\u003c\/i\u003e is Svetislav Basara's unblinking and unforgettable deconstruction of the Soviet psyche.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTold as an eclectic collection of appropriated testimonies, treatises, missives, and police files, \u003ci\u003eThe Rise and Fall of Parkinson's Disease\u003c\/i\u003e follows the progression of the contagion's patient zero, a Soviet citizen (sometimes) named Demyan Lavrentyevich Parkinson, as he ascends from hellish health to the sacred illness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHailed as one of Serbia's most influential living writers, Svetislav Basara's scathing, irreverent critiques of authoritarianism have twice won him Serbia's prestigious NIN Award. In \u003ci\u003eThe Rise and Fall of Parkinson's Disease\u003c\/i\u003e, Basara lives up to this reputation with a book as formally ambitious as it is intellectually sophisticated. His blend of grotesque absurdism and wry humour evokes the paranoid, vexing worlds of Franz Kafka's novels and the meta-textual assemblages of Paul Auster. Told from a colourful range of perspectives, the novel is a multifaceted, crystalline account of truth, lies, and history, a sprawling case study of humans in an inhuman society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47559051509996,"sku":"9781628976328","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781628976328-the-rise-and-fall-of-parkinson-s-disease.jpg?v=1776928592"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/svetislav-basara.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}