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“Self-Dissection” (title translated by AI)

Srđan Srdić (born 1977)

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This is a novel about writing a novel. Its hero is a writer with the author's own name, who gives himself the task of producing a book of two hundred thousand characters with spaces, shows and comments on himself throughout the process, and finishes once he has reached his quota. Into this confessional torrent he drags his doctors, fellow writers at home and abroad, dim critics, samurai and the local dogs, and even an unfortunate editor with a high military rank, in an attempt to lay bare the gloomy totality of his situation for himself and the reader.

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About the book

Form
Novel
Length
116 pages in the original
Genres
Autofiction, Satire (assigned by AI)
First published
2023 by Partizanska knjiga
Author's age
46 when first published
ISBN

9788664771238 (original)