Notable for its moral engagement, Ales Steger's poetry is acutely precise in its observation and concentration. Multi-layered and technically versatile, ingenious and inventive, his poetry is adventurous and playful yet serious in intention, and incessantly curious in its investigations. He loves to ambush the reader with the unexpected.
Alei?1/2 i?1/2teger (Slovenia) is a poet and prose writer who has published seven books of poems, three novels, and two collections of essays. He has received the title Chevalier des Artes et Lettres from France and is a member of the German Academy for Language and Literature.
In the tradition of Bulgakov, Gogol and Kafka Ales Steger lets the forces of good and evil collide in this grandiose literary thriller. This is a debut novel filled with striking personae, haunting images and a grotesque plot. It proves, in the end, to be a journey into the heart of a European darkness.
