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Infidelities: Stories Of War And Lust
Stories Of War And Lust
Häftad, 2005
177 kr
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Soldiers and civilians from all sides--Serbian, Croatian, and Bosnia Muslim--become caught up in the tragic consequences and contradictions of war as armies clash in the former Yugoslavia from World War I Sarajevo to refugees in contemporary America, in a collection of short fiction. Reader's Guide …
April Fool's Day
A Novel
E-bok, 2009
101 kr
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Ivan Dolinar is born in Tito''s Yugoslavia on April Fool''s Day, 1948 -- the auspicious beginning of a life that will be derailed by backfiring good intentions in a world of propaganda and paranoia. At age nineteen, an innocent prank cuts the young Croatian''s budding medical career short and lands …
Heritage of Smoke
E-bok, 2017
149 kr
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Short story writer, novelist and essayist Josip Novakovich returns with his first collection of stories since being named a finalist for the prestigious 2013 Man Booker International Prize. In Ex-Yu , he explores the major themes of war and exile, of religiosity and existentialism, that have …
Vignettes
E-bok, 2023
94 kr
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Josip Novakovich''s Vignettes offers a wide-ranging look at his life, including his youth in hometown Daruvar, Croatia, where he attended school in a castle on a hill with barrels of whites and reds stored in the basement, "my peers and I learned the basics of math, grammar, history, and …
Stories in the Stepmother Tongue
Av Josip Novakovich, Robert Shapard
Häftad, 2000
190 kr
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These stories were written in English by writers who emigrated to the United States. Why do these writers choose to express themselves in a language other than their native tongue? When writing is a major part of life, coming to a new country and learning to write in its language is, for many …
Shopping for a Better Country
E-bok, 2012
176 kr
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A collection of narrative essays on family, history, and travel from Croation American Josip Novakovich, a Whiting Writers'' Award winner and recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship. Having fled his homeland of Yugoslavia, leaving behind kin and community, the author here captures significant …
Honey in the Carcase
Stories
E-bok, 2019
148 kr
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Both absurd and melancholy, Honey in the Carcase , the newest collection from award-winning Josip Novakovich, moves from scenes as familiar as a dinner party to the brutal landscapes of war-torn Southeast Europe. A man tends bees amid the bombed-out husks of his village. A young girl takes revenge …
Rubble of Rubles
Häftad, 2023
145 kr
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From Man Booker International Prize finalist Josip Novakovich comes a satiric novel with teeth—a tale of Russia in the early aughts, perfect for fans of Dostoevsky and Gary Shteyngart.In this picaresque novel set in the early 2000s, David, an investment banker with Eastern European roots, goes …
Rubble of Rubles
E-bok, 2023
139 kr
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From Man Booker International Prize finalist Josip Novakovich comes a satiric novel with teeth — a tale of Russia in the early aughts, perfect for fans of Dostoevsky and Gary Shteyngart. In this picaresque novel set in the early 2000s, David, an investment banker with Eastern European roots, goes …
Honey in the Carcase
Stories
Häftad, 2019
184 kr
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Both absurd and melancholy, Honey in the Carcase, the newest collection from award-winning Josip Novakovich, moves from scenes as familiar as a dinner party to the brutal landscapes of war-torn Southeast Europe. A man tends bees amid the bombed-out husks of his village. A young girl takes revenge …
