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About the book RAJ
Simon, sredovječni arhitekt koji se razveo od žene, dobio je priliku proživjeti mušku fantaziju iz snova: netom nakon razvoda u njegov stan useljavaju tri predivne djevojke i pretvaraju ga u svoj seksualni objekt. Ipak, uvjeren da je zadovoljenje tek prvi korak prema razočaranju, Simon strepi pred trenutkom kada će njegove sirene otići, a on ostati ostavljen u svojem praznom stanu i svojem praznom životu. Začinjena humorom i erotikom, Barthelmeova verzija „raja“ profinjena je satira na temu kulta krize srednjih godina, kao i meditacija o melankoliji koja ostaje nakon ispunjene želje.
Autor niza romana i zbirki pripovijedaka Donald Barthelme (1931. – 1989.) slovi za jednog od najinovativnijih i najvažnijih autora suvremene američke književnosti. Za svoj rad osvojio je više uglednih književnih nagrada: National Book Award, Guggenheim Fellowship, nagradu PEN/Faulkner… Ovo mu je prvi roman preveden na hrvatski.