Igor Štiks Livres

Igor Štiks, a Parisian leftist intellectual, returns to the Adriatic after more than twenty-five years to read the will of Walter Stikler, a conservative French philosopher murdered on a Dalmatian island. There he meets the alluring activist Tessa Simon. The two slowly uncover a mysterious and tense story about Walter, who transformed from a leftist in 1968 into a leading right-wing thinker, and his friend Wladimir, an influential leftist militant whose terrorist writings always contained a dose of irony. The story unfolds as a political thriller of contemporary European history, leading Igor and Tessa to various parts of the continent. In their quest to unveil secrets, they travel to Igor's and Walter's hometown of Sarajevo. In their investigation, they discover not only the mystery of Walter's death but also Tessa's past and Igor's personal history. This novel, written in the style of the best Scandinavian thrillers, is full of intrigue and twists, providing a cross-section of the last half-century of European and global leftist struggles and failures. Its atmosphere and style evoke Paul Auster or Javier Cercas, and it is as thrilling as the series Babylon Berlin, leaving a strong impression on the reader.

Roman o identitetu, uzbudljiva knjiga sa ukrštenim intimnim i istorijskim pričama i preokretima. Elijahova stolica je roman o potrazi za ocem. Rihard Rihter, pisac usred životne i stvaralačke krize srednjih godina, napušta Pariz, da bi u stanu svoje davno umrle majke u Beču slučajno našao dokument koji pokazuje da je njegov otac neko sasvim drugi. Taj dokument odvodi Rihtera u Sarajevo u leto 1992. i u središte balkanskih ratova devedesetih, potom u neobičnu ljubavnu avanturu, da bi napokon stigao do saznanja o svom ocu koje će promeniti njegov svet. Lična, egzistencijalna i porodična drama projektovana na veliki ekran kolektivnih i ratnih sukoba devedesetih godina. Roman objavljen u desetak evropskih zemalja. Po romanu Elijahova stolica nastala je istoimena pozorišna predstava u Jugoslovenskom dramskom pozorištu. Nagrada „Kiklop” za knjigu godine Nagrada „Ksaver Šandor Đalski”