LANDSCAPE PAINTED WITH TEA; Translated from the Serbo-Croatian by Christina Pribi evic-Zori

London: Hamish Hamilton (in cooperation with Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.), 1990. First British Edition. Cloth. Very Fine/Very Fine. 8vo, black cloth, Mylar-protected black & white checkered dust jacket (unclipped) with author's name in red, [i-iv], [1-4], 5-339, [340-343] pages. Milorad Pavi (1929 - 2009) was a Serbian novelist, poet, short story writer, and literary historian. Born in Belgrade in 1929, he published many poems, short stories and novels during his lifetime, the most famous of which was the Dictionary of the Khazars (1984). Upon its release, it was hailed as "the first novel of the 21st century." LANDSCAPE PAINTED WITH TEA (Knopf, 1990) was his second novel. It has many themes, and characters who search for meaning and identities. According to literary critic Jasmina Mihailovic, "As a grandiose artistic synthesis of all the aspects of ecological problems, the novel speaks of survival and resistance to the apocalypse and can be taken as an appeal for equilibrium, for the rejection of alienation and self-alienation, for a return to the art of living. The novel is an accusation and a condemnation, an ominous warning. As a reflection in a mirror, the novel depicts the face and reverse side of man, his twofold nature and certitude."--The Free Library Pavi 's works have been translated into more than thirty languages. He was vastly popular in Europe and in South America, and was deemed "one of the most intriguing writers from the beginning of the 21st century." He won numerous prizes in Serbia and in the former Yugoslavia, and was mentioned several times as a potential candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature.--Wikipedia excerpted EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION--as new!