Pajtim Statovci - Böcker

April 1995. Arsim är 22 år och nygift, student vid Pristinas universitet i Kosovo. För att kunna ta sin universitetsexamen ligger han lågt; fientligheten mot albaner är omfattande på denna plats, i denna tid. På ett kafé möter han en ung man som h...

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'A strange,haunting, and utterly original exploration of displacement and desire' -- TéaObreht, author of The Tiger's Wife , New York TimesBook Review 'Fearless, delicate, beautiful, sad,haunting and wonderful. A brilliant novel that mesmerizes wi...

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" Crossing will devour you; this is some fierce, dazzling, and heartbreaking s**t" NoViolet Bulawayo "A novel that dazzles and mesmerizes, and the reader, upon finishing, may have the extraordinary sensation that his or her own dreams have been sc...

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In 1980s Yugoslavia, a young Muslim girl is married off to a man she hardly knows, but what was meant to be a happy match soon goes shockingly wrong. Soon thereafter her country is torn apart by war and she and her family flee. Years later, her so...

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A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST A LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR From the acclaimed author of My Cat Yugoslavia: a stunning, incandescent new novel that speaks to identity, war, exile, love, betrayal, and heartbreak The death of head of stat...

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'Devastating in the most beautiful ways.' Torrey Peters 'Superb . . . Statovci is a major talent.' New York Times Book Review It is April 1995. Kosovo is a country on the cusp of a dreadful war. Arsim in twenty-two, newly married, cautious - an Al...

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It is April, 1995. Kosovo is a country on the cusp of a dreadful war. Arsim is twenty-two, newly married, cautious - an Albanian trying to keep his head down and finish his studies in an atmosphere of creeping threat. Until he encounters Milos, a ...

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From the author of National Book Award finalist Crossing comes an unlikely love story in Kosovo with unpredictable consequences that reverberates throughout a young man's life-a dazzling tale full of fury, tenderness, longing, and lust. April 1995...

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A love story set in two countries in two radically different moments in time, bringing together a young man, his mother, a boa constrictor, and one capricious cat. In 1980s Yugoslavia, a young Muslim girl is married off to a man she hardly kn...

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NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALISTFrom the acclaimed author of My Cat Yugoslavia: a stunning, incandescent new novel that speaks to identity, war, exile, love, betrayal, and heartbreakThe death of head of state Enver Hoxha and the loss of his father lea...

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'Crossing will devour you; this is some fierce, dazzling, and heartbreaking shit' NoViolet Bulawayo Bujar's world is collapsing. His father is dying and his homeland, Albania, bristles with hunger and unrest. When his fearless friend Agim is disco...

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Von Anfang an hasst er das, was er nicht sein kann. Im politischen Chaos Tiranas aufgewachsen, treibt Bujar nach dem Tod des Vaters durch eine Welt sich auflösender Grenzen: Auf seiner Odyssee quer durch Europa über New York bis nach Helsinki geht...

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»Ein Wunder, eine bemerkenswerte Leistung, und ganz anders als alles, was Sie in diesem Jahr lesen werden.« The New York Times Zwei Geschichten, eine Familie. Emine wächst im Jugoslawien der Achtzigerjahre auf. Mit siebzehn wird sie mit einem Mann...

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Aikamme merkittävimpiin kertojiin lukeutuvan kirjailijan Finlandia-palkittu, unohtumaton romaani elämänmittaisesta syyllisyyden tunteesta ja uskosta pahimpaan Vuosi 1996. Suomessa kasvanut 8-vuotias poika viettää Kosovossa kesän, jonka eriskummall...

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Aikamme merkittävimpiin kertojiin lukeutuvan kirjailijan Finlandia-palkittu, unohtumaton romaani elämänmittaisesta syyllisyyden tunteesta ja uskosta pahimpaan Vuosi 1996. Suomessa kasvanut 8-vuotias poika viettää Kosovossa kesän, jonka eriskummall...

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