Microscopic Twists. 50 Illustrated Microstories – Микроскопические твисты. 50 иллюстрированных миниатюр

· Illusions Book 8 · Créatique
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“The most original authors

are not so because they advance what is new,

but because they put what they have to say

as if it had never been said before.“


Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


Preface for Russian-Speaking Readers


Discovering a new e-book with such an intriguing name, practically every Russian-speaking reader animated by intellectual curiosity will start flipping through it, puzzled by the term twists and wondering about their microscopic feature. And this is not surprising, because, as a literary technique, the twist is little known to the Russian-speaking public. So, what is the twist and namely the literary one?


The "twist" is an unexpected turn of the story that dramatically changes the very perception of what is happening. Most often, the twists are used in the film scripts, as the so-called "shifters". In such movies, the director and screenwriter play with the viewer's perception. The unforeseen ending completely changes the whole meaning of the narrative plot. A more intense twist effect is obtained when, after the reading of the story, one is suddenly overtaken by an insight about a particular detail, which before the outcome did not make any sense. Let's call it a kind of "twist aftertaste".


The young and talented Canadian writer Cornéliu Tocan created a collection of 50 short twists filled with deep meaning and making the reader think about each story separately. Reading this book for the first time, I suddenly realized that to understand each twist, I need to read it two or more times. In the case of some of these stories, the epiphany came to me a few days later. 


All these aspects are an indication of how masterfully the author has thought through each story, using unusual literary techniques. Understanding each story, we live a small life, experiencing a "slight shock" from what we read. This feeling can be quite "hard" for some twists, where the writer touches on topics of concern to society and sometimes shocks us with the finale. 


Many stories contain references to Greek mythology, philosophy, universal literature, science, and history, which will require readers some cultural background knowledge in order to fully understand the meaning. All this makes Cornéliu Tocan’s book a unique and innovative performance in the literary art. 


His work can be compared with the flash fiction of Linor Goralik, a Russian writer and poetess who has published a number of stories in the genre of small prose. But, unlike L. Goralik, Cornéliu Tocan drastically downscales the number of characters and observes it with rigor, as well as uses the literary technique of the "twist", for the all 50 microstories. That justifies the epithet "microscopic" for his miniatures in prose, making them unique in its own way.


Having read this collection in one breath, you will get not only a great pleasure, but also the ground for reflection and discussion of these original stories with your friends. Tested on personal experience!


Diana Ismagilova


Master of Arts (M.A.) in Philology

About the author

Cornéliu Tocan

membre UNEQ, QWF, TWUC, IWA / AÉI, ASLRQ

écrivain, poète, auteur, traducteur littéraire, illustrateur


http://www.litterature.org/recherche/ecrivains/tocan-corneliu-1991/


Cornéliu Tocan est un écrivain, poète, au­teur, tra­duc­teur lit­té­raire et illus­trateur ca­na­­di­en-québécois, mem­bre de l'Uni­on des Écri­vaines et Écrivains Qué­bé­cois (UNEQ), de Que­bec Writers’ Federation (QWF), de Wri­ters’ Union of Ca­nada (TWUC) et d’Immi­grant Writers Asso­ciation / As­so­ci­ation des Écri­vains Immi­grants (IWA / AÉI), d’ex­pres­sion prédomi­nam­­ment française, qui crée et tra­duit ses compositions en qua­tre langues: français – comme lan­gue mater­nelle –, anglais, espagnol et romain.

Son premier recueil de microfiction, Chutes mi­croscopiques. 50 mi­cro­nou­velles illustrées, est publié, en 2019, sous l’égide de deux mai­sons d’édi­tions: Créatique et le prestigieux édi­teur national universitaire Tehnopress de Rou­manie. Cré­a­tique a fait traduire son livre en onze langues, les éditions en anglais, rou­main, chinois, japonais, arabe, portugais, russe et vietnamien étant déjà disponibles sur des plateformes nu­mé­riques avec distribution en 79 pays.

Parmi ses traductions littéraires figurent les créations de la poétesse amé­ri­caine Emily Dickin­son, des poètes de la Confédération canadienne, des po­ètes de la Grande Guerre, des poètes rou­mains George Toparceanu, Ie­nachita Vaca­rescu, George Cosbuc ou du poète québécois Émile Nelligan.

En 2020, Cornéliu Tocan publie un ouvrage de mathématiques, introduisant une approche di­dac­tique inédite, à l’intention des en­seig­nants et des olympiens de mathématiques.

Ses œuvres sont préfacées par des écrivains, poètes, critiques littéraires, professeurs uni­ver­si­tai­res et professionnels de la littérature con­sa­crés: Nicolas F. Paquin, Ionel Bostan Ph. D., Constantin Dram Ph.D., Aurora Ciuca Stef Ph. D., Seyed H. Mahdavinoor Ph.D., Mong Hieu Nguyen B.Litt., Diana Ismagilova M.A.Philol., Marc Laforest Ph. D..

Chutes microscopiques. 50 micronouvelles illustrées (2019), Illusions-1: français, anglais, rou­main (Ca­na­da, Rou­ma­nie), chi­nois, japonais, arabe, portugais, russe, vietnamien.

Promeneur dans le jardin. Haïkus automnaux illustrés (2020), Illusions-2: français, anglais, roumain (Ca­na­da, Rou­ma­­nie).

Aux confins de l’invisible. Haikus d’intérieur illustrés (2020), Illusions-3: français, anglais, roumain (Ca­na­da, Rou­ma­­nie).

Variables excentriques… au propre et au figuré (2020), Universitas-5 : français.

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