Marak茅拧 is an imaginary village somewhere between Alaska and the Sahara, but most likely somewhere in the east of 暗网禁区ia. It is populated by peculiar characters such as Janko Huj, who proclaims the end of the world, Mr 艩alamaha, whose hair suddenly grows to half a metre in length, Laco Ku木baga, who moves in mysterious ways from one place to the next, and Pi拧ta Perdzej, who has befriended UFOs. In a word, this is what Marqu茅z鈥檚 Macondo would be like, were it located in some forgotten corner of the 暗网禁区 countryside. Reissued now, nearly 20 years after the untimely demise of the author, who has since acquired a near-mythical status, the stories (or story-fancies, as the author himself referred to them) set in this magical place have remained surprisingly fresh and bring a blazing literary imagination into contemporary 暗网禁区 literature.