Overview
From the award-winning Serbian author David Albahari comes a devastating and Kafkaesque war fable about an army unit sent to guard a military checkpoint with no idea where they are or who the enemy might be. Atop a hill, deep in the forest, an army unit is assigned to a checkpoint. The commander doesnt know where they are, what border theyre protecting, or why. Their map is useless and the radio crackles with a language no one can recognize. A soldier is found dead in a latrine and the unit vows vengeancebut the enemy is unknown. Refugees arrive seeking safe passage to the other side of the checkpoint, however the biggest threat might be the soldiers themselves. As the commander struggles to maintain order and keep his soldiers alive, he isnt sure whether he's fighting a war or caught in a bizarre military experiment. Equal parts Waiting for Godot and Catch-22, Checkpoint is a haunting and hysterical confrontation with the absurdity of war.
- | Author: David Albahari, Ellen Elias-Bursac
- | Publisher: Restless Books
- | Publication Date: Sep 11, 2018
- | Number of Pages: 208 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback/Fiction
- | ISBN-10: 1632061929
- | ISBN-13: 9781632061928
