
In her novel, Ama: Playing the Glass Bead Game with Pythagoras, the 52-year-old author makes a bold swerve into less-travelled territory. A bridge builder between East and West, following ancient archaeological findings, she often dives into historic settings more than 2,000 years back in time. Like her prose, the improvised words, tribal music, percussionist sounds, lengthy ‘aum' chanting, are neither too preposterous nor too earnest but endlessly curious.


“Seated on a panel with her fellow writers, Maltese-Serbian novelist Nataša Pantović has been known to use slam poetry to perform her poetic body of work. Sunday's Times Art and Culture Section, Ama or Playing Glass Bead Game with Pythagoras historical fiction rreview and iinterview with Novelist Nataša Pantović
