Naja Marie Aidt (Denmark): Pavián

Translation: Helena Březinová, Dauphin 2010

As the title of this compilation of tales suggests its perspective focuses on the alarming capture of the dark, animal side of everyday existence of contemporary human beings. Infidelity, illness, violence, anxiety, sex, death – the tales revolve around these themes. The style is laconic, laid-back however what is being described here is a very distant picture from daily banality.