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.