Book description
Geoff Dyer, described by the Daily Telegraph as 'possibly the best
living writer in Britain', takes on his biggest challenge yet: unlocking
the film that has obsessed him all his adult life. Magnificently
unpredictable and hilarious (and, surely, one of the most unusual books
ever written about cinema), Zona takes the reader on an enthralling,
thought-provoking journey. The ostensible subject of Zona is the film
Stalker, by the great Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky. As Dyer
immerses us in the movie, it becomes apparent that Stalker is only the
point of departure for a wonderfully digressive exploration of cinema,
of how we understand our obsessions and of how we try to realise - no,
discover - our deepest wishes.
