Andreevski’s novel The Last Villagers is one of the most read books of contemporary Macedonian literature. It is a chronicle of the disintegration of the Macedonian village in the technological era – the village is dehumanized, emptied from its warmth, its life and its meaning, it is left behind at the mercy of the barren winds of time and absurdity. Only a few lonely old men and women are left to extinguish in this emptied scenery and their last days of existence are bittered even more by the drama and the tragedy happening to the very few younger inhabitants in the village. This is a novel of passion, cruelty and strong emotional drives, a narrative of the distressing destinies which seem to be filling the last pages of the life of our village – the same village which remembers days filled with life and complete, deep purpose. Same as in his other books, Andreevski narrates spontaneously, lively and with a rare freshness of the folklore lexis.
