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Sasa Stanisic: Before the Feast [2015] hardback Condition:New THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWe are sad. We don't have a ferryman any more. The ferryman is dead. Two lakes, no ferryman. You can't get to the islands now unless you have a boat. Or unless you are a boat. It's the night before the Feast in the village of Furstenfelde (population: declining), but not everyone is asleep. The local artist, wearing an evening dress and gum boots, goes down to the lake under cover of darkness. The village archivist is kept awake by ancient tales that