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Yugoslavia, My Fatherland
Yugoslavia, My Fatherland | Goran Vojnovic
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When Vladan Borojevic googles the name of his father Nedeljko, a former officer in the Yugoslav People's Army, supposedly killed in the civil war after the decay of Yugoslavia, he unexpectedly discovers a dark family secret which recollects the events of 1991 when he first heard the military term deployment and his idyllic childhood came to a sudden end. Seventeen years later, Vladan's discovery that he is the son of a fugitive war criminal sends him off on a journey around the Balkans to find his elusive father, where he also finds out how the falling apart of his family is closely linked with the disintegration of the world they used to live in. The story of the Borojevic family strings and juxtaposes images of the Balkans past and present, but mainly deals with the tragic fates of people who managed to avoid the bombs, but were unable to escape the war.
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Currey
Yugoslavia, My Fatherland | Goran Vojnovic
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Your grandfather was born in Austria, your father in Serbia but they were born in the same town. Your mother is Slovenian but speaks Serbo-Croatian. You were born in Yugoslavia in a town that used to belong to Italy. Your Serbian father was a general in the Yugoslavian army and is now a war criminal. You haven‘t seen him in over 15 years. There is no longer a nation called Yugoslavia. What is your fatherland in this situation? Amazing book.

BookwormM Sounds amazing will have to see if my library have a copy 6y
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Currey
Yugoslavia, My Fatherland | Goran Vojnovic
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#Slovenia #readaroundtheworld I have decided to read this book for this month‘s Slovenia selection. It has gotten good reviews and is free through my library as an e-book. Many of the titles listed for Slovenian writers are not available in English.