Museum of Unconditional Surrender

Ugresic uses fractions of moments and interactions and thoughts in attempts to weave together something whole, something full. The constant themes of exile, loneliness, despair layer onto each other more and more as you start stringing together these seemingly random fragments of the story. It is by no means traditional writing or formatting, but that is simply because it is attempting to encompass a particularly unorthodox story matched with complex characters. Eventually these connections will establish themselves with the characters and you get a sense of understanding amid all the disconnectedness. The chopped up stories and point of views are an obvious pattern used to mirror the disorder happening and the solitude the character(s) feel. Attention to detail and furiously paying attention to the surroundings are also a pattern Ugresic uses to show what she can't experience herself. You also see this stream of consciousness throughout the entire breaking up of the passages which gives the story a more free and authentic feel. All in all, the story being suggested through these patterns is that loneliness through exile makes the mind substitute different feelings and emotions through disorderly story told in a unorthodox way.