Morții

How can fiction give shape to horror? Christian Kracht’s novel Morții treats this as a question of politics. It suits readers who like doubt and shifts in tone. Serious scenes give way to irony. Beauty gives way to farce. The book draws on books, film and history. It blends these details with a loose, playful style.

The novel gives close accounts of the past. It also imagines other ways the past might have gone. It builds patterns, then breaks them or brings them back. Clues ask readers to make links, but may mislead them. Grief meets details that stir the senses. The grotesque and bursts of joy share that space. This edition forms part of the Biblioteca deschisă series.