In Time-Gifts, Zoran Zivkovic weaves these encounters around philosophical questions at the core of human existence. The stranger appears in the cell of the astronomer and, through a glance at the future, offers the prisoner a choice: repentance of his scientific theories and physical survival or the immortality granted one who dies for his beliefs. The stranger next visits a paleolinguist who has been forgotten by her university and who despairs of ever knowing the validity of her theories -- until given a chance at time travel. Next, the stranger visits a simple watchmaker who works literally at the center of time yet has never pondered its possibilities. The aged man is offered the rarest of gifts -- a second chance -- but at a terrible price. In the final chapter, the true nature of the visitor is revealed by an insane artist, but who would believe an artist in this world, even if she were not insane?
Provocative, dizzying in its implications, Time-Gifts is a meditation on the nature of time as well as on the nature of the human beings at its mercy.
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Descripción Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. Zoran Zivkovic weaves four mysterious encounters around philosophical questions at the core of human existence. Provocative and original, Time Gifts is a meditation on the nature of time and, especially, on the nature of those at its mercy. A mysterious visitor comes to visit three desperate human beings and offers a unique but ambiguous time-gift to each of them. These encounters are woven round philosophical questions at the core of human existence. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9780810117815