A novel by A.J. Haywood (Anthony Haywood)
Set on the border of France, Germany, and Switzerland, this offbeat novel weaves stories within stories as the characters—a group of friends—struggle to make sense of their lives in three different time periods: a purposeless present, during the darkness of World War II, and in a “dystopian” future when the Swiss city of Basel has been transformed into an ultramarine paradise, reconstructed on stilts in the Sea of Switzerland.
Through the eyes of Richard, the Australian narrator, we follow the escapades of a Brazilian theoretical physicist, a former art professor who speaks pseudo-Shakespearean English, a Russian mystic, a Romanian wallflower, and a Colombian dope-head as they try to find purpose in an urban chaos of time and space.
Playful, provocative, and full of wild ideas, Drifting on the Edge pushes boundaries as freely as its characters cross the real-world borders between France, Germany, and Switzerland. And at the heart of the novel is the Rhine River—swirling, making its knee-bend through Basel before it unites three countries at one imaginary point.
Drifting on the Edge explores the edges of storytelling and the context of our lives in a compelling romp through urban time and space on the border of France, Germany and Switzerland.
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PS: Currently contains four demos from the book. Selected readings coming soon.