"Pavic's work offers readers alternative and never-linear ways to navigate a story. He is a direct descendant of Cervantes, Laurence Sterne and Jorge Luis Borges ».
The New York Times

Poisonous Mirrors brings together the best stories by the great Serbian writer Milorad Pavic, hitherto unpublished in our language: amazing narratives in which even time forks, breaks down; in which everything is the echo, the reflection or the double of something; in which there always seems to be a mystery to solve and where reality and myth, past and future converge. Many of these tales are fascinating examples of how literature and dreams intertwine with our lives until they become indistinguishable and, at times, prophetic.

The story of the rivalry between two architects to build the tallest tower in Belgrade. The unusual encounter between a Dubrovnik priest, who has in his possession a copy of all the keys to the houses in the city, and a witch. An antique collector who discovers a strange desk capable of killing anyone who executes a series of movements in a certain order... Poisonous Mirrors is a marvel of imagination and inventiveness in which Serbian folklore and history coexist with metaliterature and metafiction, and in which everything is a terribly serious game. A feast that works as a showcase for Pavic's narrative universe, his recurring themes and his obsessions, his unmistakable style and his sense of humor, tragedy, beauty and wonder.