THE OTHER SIDE

by Alfred Kubin ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 20, 1967

The author, a well-known Australian modernist painter has, in this his only novel, created an impressionistic metaphysical nightmare that makes an impressive comment on the ill-defined distinctions between illusion and reality. His hero, also an artist, receives an invitation to become one of the ""Dream People"" in a ""Dream Kingdom"" an old friend has set up somewhere in Asia. The landscape is tenanted by sensitives and grotesques, the only criteria is to represent something, be it drunkenness, an instinct for violence, etc. The 65,000 residents of this dissident community strive for ""the complete spiritualization of life,"" in a distorted Zen sense. The landscape is sunless...grey. ""The Master"" as his friend is called, demands antiquity, importing an assortment of oddities (including houses) that have at one time been associated with violence. Life becomes ""unfathomable"" but fascinating as is the book, particularly after the arrival of the rich

Pub Date: Oct. 20, 1967

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Crown

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 1, 1967

Categories: FICTION