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Interesting Facts

• The novel intricately weaves together linguistic games and cultural misunderstandings: every dialogue is like a dance on the edge of absurdity, where words lose their usual meanings and translation becomes an art of survival.
• The protagonist, an English linguist, finds himself in a fictional Eastern European country where reality resembles a shifting mirror, reflecting and distorting Western perceptions of the East.
• The satire is laced with subtle irony: the author masterfully mocks bureaucracy, ideological dogmas, and the everyday absurdity of life in a totalitarian society.
• The fictional country of Slavia is not just a backdrop but a character in its own right, full of mysteries, paradoxes, and hidden charm, where the boundaries between truth and fiction blur at every step.
• The book is filled with allusions to classical and contemporary literature, as well as real historical events, turning the reading experience into an intellectual quest for the attentive reader.