Ivana Simić Bodrožić
Author
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The city of Vukovar, situated on Croatia's easternmost periphery, across the Danube River from Serbia, was the sight of some of the worst violence in the wars that rocked ex-Yugoslavia in the early '90s. It is referred to only as "the city" throughout this taut political thriller from one of Europe's most celebrated young writers. In this city without a name, fences in schoolyards separate the children of Serbs from those of Croats, and city leaders...
Author
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Ivana Bodrožić's latest award-winning novel tells a story of being locked in: socially, domestically and intimately, told through three different perspectives, all deeply marked and wounded by the patriarchy in their own way. This is a story of hidden gay and trans relationships, the effects of a near-fatal accident, and an oppressed childhood, where Ivana Bodrožić tackles the issues addressed in her previous works-issues of otherness, identity...
Author
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Winner of the Prix Ulysse for best debut novel in France Winner in Croatia and the Balkan region of the Koievo Pero Award, the Josip and Ivan Kozarac Award, and the Kiklop Award for the best work of fiction. When the Croatian War of Independence breaks out in her hometown of Vukovar in the summer of 1991 she is nine years old, nestled within the embrace of family with her father, her mother, and older brother. She is sent to a seaside vacation to...