{"id":3492,"date":"2026-07-09T10:21:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T09:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jasminamihajlovic.com\/?page_id=3492"},"modified":"2026-09-18T15:39:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T14:39:16","slug":"passage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jasminamihajlovic.com\/en\/trilogy\/passage\/","title":{"rendered":"Passage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6aaff187f0a0a&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6aaff187f0a0a\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-lightbox-container\" style=\"margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:24px\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/jasminamihajlovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/passage-en-01.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3474\" width=\"886\" height=\"591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jasminamihajlovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/passage-en-01.webp 886w, https:\/\/jasminamihajlovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/passage-en-01-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/jasminamihajlovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/passage-en-01-768x512.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 886px) 100vw, 886px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h1>PASSAGE<\/h1>\n<p class=\"subtitle\">a novel about what is missing<\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Claire Delaunay<\/p>\n<p class=\"translator\"><em>Translated from Serbian by Betty Delaunay (AI)<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dedication\"><em>For Betty Delaunay, my literary sister.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons\" style=\"display:flex;gap:1em;flex-wrap:wrap;justify-content:center;margin:1.5em 0;\"><div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/jasminamihajlovic.com\/en\/trilogy\/passage\/passage-i-the-hotel\/\">Start reading \u203a<\/a><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/jasminamihajlovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Passage-Claire-Delaunay.pdf\" download>Download PDF<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<h2>Description<\/h2>\n<p>Within the closed system of a luxury hotel, the disappearance of a guest and the discovery of an unidentified body set off a series of shifts that expose an invisible network of passages and substitutions. As the investigation searches for an explanation, the hidden system grows increasingly complex. A crucial object \u2014 a fragment that belongs to no whole \u2014 changes everything.<\/p>\n<p><em>Passage<\/em> is a novel about what remains between things, about systems that function until they are interrupted, and about the decision not to restore the whole.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator scene-break\" \/>\n<p><em>A psychological-metaphysical crime novel about hidden systems of power, identity and control, set in a luxury hotel where nothing is recorded \u2014 except what cannot disappear.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Contents<\/h2>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/jasminamihajlovic.com\/en\/trilogy\/passage\/passage-i-the-hotel\/\">Part I \u2014 The Hotel<\/a><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>1 \u2014 Arrival<\/li>\n<li>2 \u2014 Space<\/li>\n<li>3 \u2014 The Room<\/li>\n<li>4 \u2014 Betty<\/li>\n<li>5 \u2014 The Apartment<\/li>\n<li>6 \u2014 Two Rooms<\/li>\n<li>7 \u2014 Objects<\/li>\n<li>8 \u2014 The Garden<\/li>\n<li>9 \u2014 The Lounge<\/li>\n<li>10 \u2014 The Arrangement<\/li>\n<li>11 \u2014 The Setup<\/li>\n<li>12 \u2014 The Reaction<\/li>\n<li>13 \u2014 Entry<\/li>\n<li>14 \u2014 Recognition<\/li>\n<li>15 \u2014 The Line<\/li>\n<li>16 \u2014 Observation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/jasminamihajlovic.com\/en\/trilogy\/passage\/passage-ii-the-arrangement\/\">Part II \u2014 The Arrangement<\/a><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>17 \u2014 The Body<\/li>\n<li>18 \u2014 Position<\/li>\n<li>19 \u2014 Control<\/li>\n<li>20 \u2014 Retention<\/li>\n<li>21 \u2014 Passage<\/li>\n<li>22 \u2014 Trace<\/li>\n<li>23 \u2014 Direction<\/li>\n<li>24 \u2014 Closing In<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/jasminamihajlovic.com\/en\/trilogy\/passage\/passage-iii-the-network\/\">Part III \u2014 The Network<\/a><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>25 \u2014 The Network<\/li>\n<li>26 \u2014 Interrogation<\/li>\n<li>27 \u2014 Movement<\/li>\n<li>28 \u2014 Break<\/li>\n<li>29 \u2014 The Bistro<\/li>\n<li>30 \u2014 The Discovery<\/li>\n<li>31 \u2014 The Whole<\/li>\n<li>32 \u2014 The Encounter<\/li>\n<li>Record<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>About the Author<\/h2>\n<h3>Claire Delaunay<\/h3>\n<p>Claire Delaunay is the literary pseudonym of Serbian writer Jasmina Mihajlovi\u0107.<\/p>\n<p>Under this name she writes the Marseille Trilogy \u2014 Passage, Between and Second Life \u2014 a cycle of novels that combines psychological fiction, crime, memory and metaphysical themes. Set in Marseille and Lyon, the trilogy explores hidden systems of identity, invisible structures of power, intimate relationships, and the fragile boundary between reality and illusion.<\/p>\n<h3>Jasmina Mihajlovi\u0107<\/h3>\n<p>Jasmina Mihajlovi\u0107 is a Serbian writer, essayist and literary scholar.<\/p>\n<p>She is the author of numerous novels, books of essays and literary studies, and one of the foremost interpreters of the work of Milorad Pavi\u0107, whose literary legacy she manages. Her books, essays and scholarly works have been published and translated in several countries.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside her work under her own name, she writes fiction under the literary pseudonym Claire Delaunay, through which she develops the Marseille Trilogy (Passage, Between and Second Life).<\/p>\n<p>Her work explores memory, identity, literature, art, dreams and the hidden structures that shape human lives.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PASSAGE a novel about what is missing Claire Delaunay Translated from Serbian by Betty Delaunay (AI) For Betty Delaunay, my literary sister. Start reading \u203a Download PDF Description Within the closed system of a luxury hotel, the disappearance of a guest and the discovery of an unidentified body set off a series of shifts that expose an invisible network of passages and substitutions. As the investigation searches for an explanation, the hidden system grows increasingly complex. A crucial object \u2014 a fragment that belongs to no whole \u2014 changes everything. Passage is a novel about what remains between things, about systems that function until they are interrupted, and about the decision not to restore the whole. A psychological-metaphysical crime novel about hidden systems of power, identity and control, set in a luxury hotel where nothing is recorded \u2014 except what cannot disappear. Contents Part I \u2014 The Hotel 1 \u2014 Arrival 2 \u2014 Space 3 \u2014 The Room 4 \u2014 Betty 5 \u2014 The Apartment 6 \u2014 Two Rooms 7 \u2014 Objects 8 \u2014 The Garden 9 \u2014 The Lounge 10 \u2014 The Arrangement 11 \u2014 The Setup 12 \u2014 The Reaction 13 \u2014 Entry 14 \u2014 Recognition 15 \u2014 The Line 16 \u2014 Observation Part II \u2014 The Arrangement 17 \u2014 The Body 18 \u2014 Position 19 \u2014 Control 20 \u2014 Retention 21 \u2014 Passage 22 \u2014 Trace 23 \u2014 Direction 24 \u2014 Closing In Part III \u2014 The Network 25 \u2014 The Network 26 \u2014 Interrogation 27 \u2014 Movement 28 \u2014 Break 29 \u2014 The Bistro 30 \u2014 The Discovery 31 \u2014 The Whole 32 \u2014 The Encounter Record About the Author Claire Delaunay Claire Delaunay is the literary pseudonym of Serbian writer Jasmina Mihajlovi\u0107. Under this name she writes the Marseille Trilogy \u2014 Passage, Between and Second Life \u2014 a cycle of novels that combines psychological fiction, crime, memory and metaphysical themes. Set in Marseille and Lyon, the trilogy explores hidden systems of identity, invisible structures of power, intimate relationships, and the fragile boundary between reality and illusion. Jasmina Mihajlovi\u0107 Jasmina Mihajlovi\u0107 is a Serbian writer, essayist and literary scholar. She is the author of numerous novels, books of essays and literary studies, and one of the foremost interpreters of the work of Milorad Pavi\u0107, whose literary legacy she manages. Her books, essays and scholarly works have been published and translated in several countries. Alongside her work under her own name, she writes fiction under the literary pseudonym Claire Delaunay, through which she develops the Marseille Trilogy (Passage, Between and Second Life). 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