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The Last Villagers

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Petre M. Andreevski

And people are cheering and bawling, they are staggering, hardly keeping pace. They are wobbling and hopping breathlessly. Their eyes are hopping as well, their cheeks are coming off and their nostrils are spreading like the gills of a fish thrown out of water. Their joints are creaking and the mist is coming from their clothes like from burnt manure.

The novel Azbuka za neposlušne – Alphabet of the Insubordinate is characterised by an unusual organization and structure: the action takes place in an alphabetical order and following the deeper layers of the transformation of letters, starting from their source in the similarity between the object and the notion to which they refer and leading to their ultimate simplification and abstract nature. Alphabet Of The Insubordinate is triggered by the complete compatibility between the notion and the content it expresses in actual life and reality on one hand, and by its reflection in the alphabet and in writing on the other. It is an exciting fairy tale of the desire for purity and perfection, as well as a drama of a person overcome by all-encompassing vanity. Being conveyed entirely by hunches, riddles and paraboles, this novel is actually a great parabole and a praise to firmness and to resistance to the temptations of the evil by which man is constantly surrounded.

Petre M. Andreevski (1934-2006), poet, novelist, short story writer, playwright. Member of the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts since May 2000. He published the following books of poetry: Knots (1960), Both on Heaven and Earth (1962), Denicija (1968), Dalni nakovalni (1971), Praises and Complaints (1975), Eternal House (1987); Lachrymatory (1999). His books of short stories include: The Seventh Day (1994), Years of Treason (1974), All Faces of Death (1994). Published novels: Weed (1980), Locusts (1983) Nebeska Timjanovna (1988) and Last Villagers (1987). The book Plays (1987) includes Time for Singing and Bogunemili. He also wrote two books for children: Scribble Riddle, Eat and Grow. Several selections of his literary opus were published. In 1984 his selected works were published in four volumes. He has been included in all anthologies of Macedonian poetry both at home and abroad. His works, in separate books, have been presented in many languages outside Macedonia.
Awards include: “11 October”, “Miladinov Brothers” (twice), “Kočo Racin” and “Stale Popov” (twice). Died in Skopje in 2006.