"For an active person it is the work of a lifetime to acquire it, but once you have grasped the sweetness of indolence you will hold on to it for ever, even if it is a constant struggle.”
I have to confess: it's never been a struggle.
The introduction says that Kubin stands between Gustav Meyrink & Franz Kafka, being influenced by the one & admired by the other. Principally an artist & Illustrator of dreamy & nightmarish images, The Other Side is his only novel, telling of the bizarre hidden country established by an eccentric billionaire in Central Asia. The writing is wryly humorous & engaging, & the narrator having arrived at the Dream Realm, I'm keen to learn its secrets.
L'altra parte. Un romanzo fantastico | 
