The_Russian_Window_Dragan_Velikic
2012 Nominated

The Russian Window

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

In this sweet and sour image of both intimate and objective European history at the end of 20th century, the writer offers us an omnibus novel in three parts. Through various narrative techniques, intelligent humour and subtle irony, we read about the main character leaving his bombed out country, dabbling in a variety of odd jobs throughout Europe, composing and decomposing his own personality which becomes clearest in the gap between the thing expected and the thing done.

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Dragan
Velikic

ABOUT
THE TRANSLATOR Randall
A. Major

NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS

The author received Nin Award and Mesa Selimovic Award, the most important literary awards in the region.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
Serbia
Original Language
Serbian
Publisher
Geopoetika Publishing
Translator
Randall A. Major

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