Orderedbytwomysteriousmentowriteastatementofabout100pages,thenarratorofChineseLetter--who’snotsureofhisname,butcallshimselfFritz--faithfullyrecordsthebizarreoccurrencesofhisdailylife:hisabsurdconversationswithhismotherwhoisabductedbyslavetraders,hisvisitstohisfriendwhoworksinthehospital’sautopsyroom,andhissister’stumultuousmarriagetothebutcher’sson,tonameafew.WidelyrespectedinSerbia,theterm“Basarian“hasbeencoinedtorefertohisuniquewritingstyle,reminiscentofthebestofSamuelBeckettforitsdirectness,existentialpondering,andoddsenseofhumor.
