Discover the Philosophical, Fantastical Fiction of Australian Writer Boris Glikman and a Sneak Peek of His Upcoming Coffee Table Book, Anti-Labyrinths, with Art by Michael Cheval
Terra Incognita II by Michael Cheval
Over the years, I have published many of Australian author Boris Glikman’s short stories on my blog because I’m a fan of his work. He is currently working on a coffee table book collection of his fictional, philosophical, and fantastical stories that will accompany the gorgeous, surrealistic paintings of artist Michael Cheval whose work inspired many of Boris’s stories. So it is my pleasure to offer my readers a glimpse into Boris’s upcoming book, Anti-Labyrinths.
But first, here is a list of story titles by Boris Glikman and links to each of them on this blog (in order of latest publishing to earliest). If you have not already read this man’s work, I strongly urge you to do so, as it is entertaining, fantastical, philosophical, and thought-provoking.
Anti-Labyrinths by Boris Glikman and Michael Cheval – Bodacious Copy (wordpress.com)
The Great Switch by Boris Glikman – Bodacious Copy (wordpress.com)
The Light of Their Lives by Boris Glikman – Bodacious Copy (wordpress.com)
Existential Prose: A Train’s Journey by Boris Glikman – Bodacious Copy (wordpress.com)
The Shadow of the Great Nebula of Orion by Boris Glikman – Bodacious Copy (wordpress.com)
The Caterpilion by Boris Glikman – Bodacious Copy (wordpress.com)
The (Virtually) Real Life by Boris Glikman – Bodacious Copy (wordpress.com)
The Day the Internet Died by Boris Glikman – Bodacious Copy (wordpress.com)
The Substitute Sun by Boris Glikman – Bodacious Copy (wordpress.com)
America in the Sky (in Memoriam) by Boris Glikman – Bodacious Copy (wordpress.com)
The Day Death Died by Boris Glikman – Bodacious Copy (wordpress.com)
The mePhone by Boris Glikman – Bodacious Copy (wordpress.com)
Anti-Labyrinths
by Boris Glikman
In an ancient land, distant in time and space, the absolute ruler decreed that a new construction would be built – in the centre of the capital city – an anti-labyrinth, a place where people could go to find themselves if they felt lost or at odds with themselves or with their lives.
What is an anti-labyrinth, you might well ask? Well, everything in this world has its antithesis. And so, just as a labyrinth is a place in which people get lost and experience confusion, frustration, and sometimes fear and despair, a maze in which one must traverse a long and often tortuous path to its centre, becoming disorientated while seeking the secrets that lie at its core, an anti-labyrinth is a place in which the centre lies at every point, where mysteries and truths are revealed and comprehended with each new step, a place without any dead ends, where every path leads to the finishing point, and where instead of getting lost, one finds oneself and realises one’s place in the Universe.
(This is also how the book Anti-Labyrinths is structured – you can enter or exit it at any point, you don’t have to begin reading it at its beginning or finish reading it at its end, and at every point of the book secrets and truths are revealed.)
An anti-labyrinth is not an abstract or fictional entity that resides only in books or in the imagination. On the contrary, an anti-labyrinth is a well-defined solid structure, yet its form is not stable and changes over time, sometimes taking on the shape of a building, other times the shape of a tree, occasionally the form of a tune, and many other forms too. Presently, it has taken on the form of a book which you are now holding in your hands.
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