CONCLUSION
I have really enjoyed this unusual way of
reading (at least for me) of Milorad Pavic’s work called : “Damascene:
a Tale for Computers and Compasses”. This author
seems very interesting and has a unique style that stands out for the use of
metaphors, puns and games of understanding which make it an enjoyable and
interesting reading.
Pavic bet with this
hypertext for an open structure where it is the reader who chooses the course
of history altering what’s unalterable: space and time. Such texts call the
reader’s imagination because it makes you feel in some way that you are the
creator of the history and who choose when and where the events are taking
place. You can even choose the end of the story…
I really recommend reading this and other
hypertexts because it opens the door to other kinds of literature, more
interesting and entertaining, full of imagination, with graphics that can help
you imagine how the history would be in the real world (characters, places,
etc...). One of the best things is that somehow it
makes you feel participant in the story. As Pavic says: “Always
read the other end, then that opportunity is only in stories, never in real
life.”