Andrej Nikolaidis Knihy

In a small town on the Adriatic coast, a local detective is content to sacrifice truth for the sake of telling his clients the stories they want to hear. 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.

The Son follows one night in the life of a hero with no name, a writer whose life is falling apart. Stepping into the warm, Mediterranean night, in the southern Mediterranean city of Ulcinj, he encounters fanatics, thieves and prostitutes and learns the secret of his father's one obsession.

One man's search for his true identity through an investigation of his parent's past which leads him to discover truths about the former Yugoslav secret services. Through his own unique and now recognizable style, Nikolaidis takes us into a world of criminal intrigue and a dissection of our humble human existence. Powerful, rich in philosophy.

A compelling trilogy of short thrillers which centre around the ancient Mediterranean port of Ulcinj: site of treachery and mystery over the centuries, mixed in with Communist plots and secret service killings.

Andrej Nikolaidis‘ neuer Roman besteht aus nur einem einzigen langen Satz — den Gedanken des Erzählers, der mit dem Zug von Budapest nach Wien unterwegs ist. Sein Freund Joe hat sich in Budapest das Leben genommen, doch zuvor hat er den Erzähler beauftragt, seine Fälschung des mysteriösen letzten Manuskripts von Walter Benjamin an einen Wiener Sammler zu verkaufen. Der Gedankenfluss führt den Leser mitten hinein in die bewegende Geschichte von Joe, der in den neunziger Jahren aus Bosnien nach Montenegro geflüchtet ist, verwebt sie mit dem Flüchtlingsschicksal des großen deutsch-jüdischen Philosophen Walter Benjamin, von dessen Werk und tragischem Ende Joe wie besessen ist, und nimmt Bezug auf die aktuelle Situation der Flüchtlinge aus Syrien. Es geht Nikolaidis um universelle Themen: die Würde des Menschen, den Zynismus der Macht und die Ohnmacht der Bürger gegenüber einer anonymen EU-Bürokratie.