Article: Dictionary of the Khazars as a Khazar Jar.(Critical Essay)

In an article on nonmimetic literature entitled "The Khazar Jar and Other False Memories,"(1) Milorad Pavic cites the entry "The Khazar Jar" from his novel Dictionary of the Khazars, in which a student dream-reader receives as a gift what seems to be an ordinary jar. One night before going to sleep, he drops his ring into the jar, only to discover in the morning that the ring is gone. When he reaches his hand into the jar, he discovers that there does not seem to be a bottom on the inside although the jar looks quite ordinary on the outside. When he asks his teacher to explain the mystery of the Khazar Jar, the teacher picks up a stone, drops it into the jar and is able to ...