The Coming - Softcover

Nikolaidis, Andrej

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1908236035 ISBN 13: 9781908236036

Publisher: Istros Books, 2016

Synopsis

At first, The Coming reads as a traditional detective novel, but suddenly changes form with the advent of snow in midsummer. When the town library burns down under mysterious circumstances, the detective's long-lost son begins to get involved in the investigations from afar. He takes the reader on excursions into history and recounts the life of Fra Dolcino, a medieval heretic who announced the return of the Messiah and also illuminates the life and work of Sabbatai Zevi, a Renaissance cabalist, who maintained that he himself was the Messiah. We learn that Sabbatai Zevi died in Ulcinj and left behind a manuscript, The Book of Return, which remains hidden. The unsolved mysteries of both past and present, as well as environmental anomalies, serve to create the sense of an impending apocalypse, giving way in the final chapter to a post-apocalyptic reality.

About this title

About the Author

Andrej Nikolaidis is an ardent supporter of Montenegrin independence, an anti-war activist, and a promoter of human rights, especially minority rights, and initially became known for his political views and public feuds, appearing on local television and in newspapers with his razor-sharp political commentaries. He writes regular columns for the daily newspaper Vijesti, and the weekly news magazine Slobodna Bosna. He is a columnist at Delo and E-novine, and has recently written a number of articles for the Guardian. He is the author of Till Kingdom Come and The Son.

Edition details

• Publisher: Istros Books
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1908236035
• ISBN 13: 9781908236036
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 110