The narrator of this novel begins by introducing himself not as a speaker but a listener
but the reality is well known—the poets and writers interviewed by Shiva Rahbaran speak instead of humiliation
the last significant opposition leader to the Communist takeover in Bulgaria
” This enormously comic—and equally melancholic—tale is perhaps Jonke’s masterwork
although I'm not entirely sure what secrets I should or should not know" – Colum McCann
Zündel's Exit Lannan Selections The narrator of this novelScrounged from his notebooks and hearsay, this is the story of a schoolteacher named Konrad Zndel: a philosopher, a wanna be writer; scattered, self conscious, glum, anxious, unlucky, discontent . . . At the end of his rope, he decides to flee his workaday life at all costs, only to find escape always a little beyond his reach. Zndels Exit is a Chaplinesque comedy of disintegration, never knowing if its coming or going. Scrounged from his notebooks