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Jan Škrdlík – VARIATIONS ON TZARA • The Son-of-a-Narcissist-Mother’s Guide BookVariations on verses from Tristan Tzara’s poetry collection Approximate Man. Based on a fictional journey from planet Earth to “Seventh Heaven”, the author meets again with the five women who most significantly influenced his past life and then with his current partner Jana Rosie. But the author needs to penetrate to an even higher space in order to finally be able to connect with his Being Self... The title “Variations on Tzara” came from the fact that each of its poems begins with a quote of verse from the poetry collection “Approximate Man” (“L’Homme approximative”) to pay tribute to its author, Tristan Tzara. The subtitle of this novel in verse refers to the author’s experience with his own narcissistic mother. He unconsciously carried this as a model for choosing life partners later in adulthood. It was a long journey out of this toxic vicious cycle... The book is supplemented with illustrations by Jana Rosie Škrdlík Dvořáková.--------------------------------------- This English version was created between 2020 and 2024 from the original Czech edition (2020, ISBN 978-80-907914-0-4) by Thomas McComb, Lucien Zell, and the translation team (see Epilogue text). During its existence, the English version of the Variations on Tzara managed to inspire, for example, the Egyptian composer Ahmed Adel to create a number of compositions, which together with Richard Wilson’s recitation are available on the Internet: visit the video on YouTube --------------------------------------- To order VARIATIONS ON TZARA, ISBN 978-80-907914-6-6 online (PDF) or by mail (softcover) visit: |