After eleven volumes of poetry, Slovenian author Brane Mozetič today publishes his third book of fiction, Lost Story. Praised by the Italian edition of Rolling Stone, the gay novel is "a terrifying, fascinating, authentic account of the 'coolness' of a relaxed and fatalistic generation," according to Austria's gay magazine Lambda Nachrichten.
If it sounds like his work might be influenced by Dennis Cooper, a commenter on DC's blog strongly agrees. The hunch is reinforced by the jacket copy on Mozetič's collection of short fiction, Passion: "aching with the sexuality and confusion of the modern experience" and "tracing the geography of modern sexuality both devoid of affection or sentimentality and obsessed with issues of power and control." Kevin Killian wrote a long Amazon review, which ends, "It isn't always pretty and at times gets pretty morbid, but if you want a walk on the wild side of Maribor, Velenje, or Celje I can recommend no harder-hitting nor more beautiful a book than Mozetic's Passion."
Take a chance. Your time invested will be minimal. Lost Story is 148 pages, Passion is 126 pages.
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