Anton‘s Bark - Six

Otto describes the words and phrases that occur to Anton, as he sits in his favourite café, trying to re-write Chapter Five of his novel. Things go well for a time. And although the real Otto would rather have nothing to do with Anton’s book, he is compelled to admit that it is because everything Anton imagines comes true, that he and everything else, exist at all. He describes Anton’s extraordinary visit to Urania’s offices in order to purchase a map of the Unseen, only to find himself plunged into his most vivid immersion yet, involving the peculiar priest and a large sum of money. In the second part of this episode, Otto maintains his position as meta-narrator. Having turned the tables on Anton, so that he might inspire what is going on, he moves onto the afternoon of Wednesday, 18 February 2019; a momentous moment in Anton’s life, the better part of which has him sitting grumpily on a rocking horse, posing for Oksana’s portrait of him.