num_pages: 240
description: From a writer whose mastery encompasses fiction criticism and the fertile realm between the two comes a new book that confirms his reputation for the unexpected.In Zona Geoff Dyer attempts to unlock the mysteries of a film that has haunted him ever since he first saw it thirty years Andrei Tarkovskys Stalker widely regarded as one of the greatest films of all time. (Every single frame declared Cate Blanchett is burned into my retina.) As Dyer guides us into the zone of Tarkovskys imagination we realize that the film is only the entry point for a radically original investigation of the enduring questions of life faith and how to live.In a narrative that gives free rein to the brilliance of Dyers distinctive voiceacute observation melancholy comedy lyricism and occasional ill-temper Zona takes us on a wonderfully unpredictable journey in which we try to fathom and realize our deepest wishes.Zona is one of the most unusual books ever written about film and about how artwhether a film by a Russian director or a book by one of our most gifted contemporary writerscan shape the way we see the world and how we make our way through it.
language: English
title: Zona: A Book About a Film About a Journey to a Room
publisher: Pantheon