Best European Fiction 2010 by Aleksandar Hemon

Best European Fiction 2010 by Aleksandar Hemon

Author:Aleksandar Hemon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2010-09-04T04:00:00+00:00


It was Saturday morning. We were in our room in the Café Centraal, its dry air reeking of cigars. Soft drinks within arm’s reach and Lina in our thoughts, we sat looking at Mr. Vink and the demonstration board. He hadn’t wasted any time in Lebanon, he announced in his loud military voice, but had devised dozens of new exercises just for us—enough to keep us going for the rest of the season.

He stepped aside so that we could view the first problem.

“White mates in three,” he said. And as a severe frown formed above his caterpillar-like eyebrows, he added: “Ten minutes to solve it.”

Jan Boot solved it first.



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