Written in the shadow of the Yugoslav wars, yet never eclipsed by them, Mama Leone is a delightful cycle of interconnected stories by one of Central Europeâ€™s most dazzling contemporary

Mama Leone

Written in the shadow of the Yugoslav wars, yet never eclipsed by them, Mama Leone is a delightful cycle of interconnected stories by one of Central Europeâ€™s most dazzling contemporary storytellers. Miljenko Jergovi? leads us from a bittersweet world of precocious childhood wonder and hilarious invention, where the seduction of a well-told lie is worth more than a thousand prosaic truths, out into fractured worlds bleary-eyed from the unmagnificence of growing up. Yet for every familial betrayal and diminished expectation, every love and home(land) irretrievably lost, every terror and worst fear realized, Jergovi?â€™s characters never surrender the promise of redemption being but a lone kiss or winning bingo card away. As readers we wander the bookâ€™s rhapsodic literary rooms, and as a myriad of unforgettable human voices call out to us, startled, across oceans and continents, we recognize them as our own.
Country USA
Brand Archipelago Botanicals
Manufacturer Archipelago
Binding Paperback
Color Green
ReleaseDate 2012-09-21
UnitCount 1
Format Deckle Edge
EANs 9781935744320

Mama Leone