The Maps of Boyar Kraienski

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Les cartes du boyard Kraïenski André Ourednik, 2015, The Maps of Boyar Kraienski, La Baconnière, Genève.

A cartographer is sent in search of the European Union's eastern border. He encounters the limits of mapping itslef in a territory that never stands still.

/kraj/ m
1. (okraj) edge, border, outline, end, (vyčnívající) edge (na (o)kraji čeho) at edge, on the edge of sth (bydlet na kraji města) live on the edge
2. (začátek v čase) beginning, (konec) end
3. (krajina, země) landscape, country, land
4. (správní území) region

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25 December 2015, Cinéma Bellevaux

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26 September 2015, HumuS Bookshop

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  • "Ironic and erudite, André Ourednik's debut novel meanders on the edge of fantasy. He plunges a special envoy from the European Union into the labyrinth of a fascinating castle of the confines" - A geographer lost in Kafka attempts to pin down the borders of Europe, Isabelle Rüf, Le Temps, 9 May 2015
  • «After a few experiments in poetry and "tales", André Ourednik, born in 1978 in Prague, a doctor of geography living in Lausanne, published his first novel Les Cartes du Boyard Kraïenski. Oscillating between a fantasy tale and an essay, Ourednik's novel features a post-doctoral researcher sent to Dacia to map the diffuse boundaries of Europe. He encounters many strange situations and a number of literal and figurative 'landslides': in a skilful interplay, the unstable ground reveals itself to be both the territory to be delimited and that of literature. A great success. (rb)»Review by Romain Buffat, Viceversa Littérature
  • Review by Julien Burri, L'Hebdo no. 18, 30 April 2015:
  • Recension by Isabelle Rüf, Le Phare N°20 / April 2015, Centre culturel suisse de Paris:
  • Welsh-language review, Runje No. 21, May 2015:
    Cartes du Boyard Kraienski, Runje No. 21, May 2015

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