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Fromawriterwhosemasteryencompassesfiction，criticism，andthefertilerealmbetweenthetwo，comesanewbookthatconfirmshisreputationfortheunexpected.InZona，GeoffDyerattemptstounlockthemysteriesofafilmthathashauntedhimeversincehefirstsawitthirtyyearsago：AndreiTarkovsky’sStalker，widelyregardedasoneofthegreatestfilmsofalltime.(“Everysingleframe，”declaredCateBlanchett，“isburnedintomyretina.”)AsDyerguidesusintothezoneofTarkovsky’simagination，werealizethatthefilmisonlytheentrypointforaradicallyoriginalinvestigationoftheenduringquestionsoflife，faith，andhowtolive.InanarrativethatgivesfreereintothebrillianceofDyer’sdistinctivevoice—acuteobservation，melancholy，comedy，lyricism，andoccasionalill-temper—Zonatakesusonawonderfullyunpredictablejourneyinwhichwetrytofathom，andrealize，ourdeepestwishes.Zonaisoneofthemostunusualbookseverwrittenaboutfilm，andabouthowart—whetherafilmbyaRussiandirectororabookbyoneofourmostgiftedcontemporarywriters—canshapethewayweseetheworldandhowwemakeourwaythroughit.