Through My Bedroom Window (novel)

Through My Bedroom Window is a Mursian novel, written by Timotei Katsaros in 1946 and published in 1963.

Its considered the most important novel in Murslands modern history.

Story
The novel takes place in 193X Plovina, at the time the administrative city of what is now called Central-Bohesia, during the Green Protests. The story revolves around Gregor Stavros, a young adult of both Mursian and Bohesian descent, who describes the events happening in the city from his small apartment, mainly based on what he sees through his windows and hears on the radio. Although all large events mentioned in the novel did happen in real life, some did in other parts of the duurzhavi such as Dione and Golpole.

The story starts with the protagonist arriving at his new apartment after finally finding a job as a wall-painter. He is from Kripnos, a town with a Bohesian majority in Circe near Stratonpolis. He tells a bit of his life story via a few antidotes about his childhood. They sketch a free and happy childhood. Gregor then is reminded of a conservation he had with his Mursian mother, who says he should find a job and tells him he is lazy for not working at his age. Gregor tries to tell that he is trying really hard but just cannot find work, not even in Stratonpolis, but his mother interrupts him with threatening of throwing him out on the streets. Gregor then snaps back to reality, and starts decorating his room.

Over the next few days, Gregor works and does some household tasks, as described by his thoughts when arriving at home each night. He works very hard and does his work well, as exemplified by compliments from his Lusjkian boss (whose name he cannot pronounce and just calls 'boss') and an older Bohesian gentleman named Mister Malaxis. Regardless, he gets scolded by the client for attempting to do a shoddy job and slacking off. He is then relocated to another client.

On saturday, he arrives home from a party he went to after being invited by a bunch of girls. They were very flirty, and wanted to make new friends, which convinced him to come after work. However, at the party he gets into a discussion with one of the guests. It appeared to be the boyfriend of one of the girls who is vocally racist against minorities in the city. He nearly gets into a fight, but manages to create a distraction by throwing a beer bottle against the ceiling lamp and manages to sprint off. While telling the story, he discovers he has a small wound on his cheek, likely from splintering glass.

Protests against publishing
Initial publishing was opposed by various organisations, deeming it provocative or labelling it factually incorrect. The Order of The Two-clawed and Mursian Letter Guard lobbied at the Ministry of Internal Affairs for banning the novel. Several court hearings were performed, and ultimately no ban was placed on the book. However, printing the novel had proven impossible since publishers were afraid of heavy backlash from the public.

After 16 years since the court decision, Katsaros convinced XXX to publish his novel. The first print consisted of only 45 books, printed without company markings, and was distributed to various institutions and reviewers. Rumours got around quickly and the company would soon create a second print for public distribution, officially releasing it on the 4th of May 1963.

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