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Kin | Miljenko Jergovic
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Kin is a dazzling family epic from one of Croatia's most prized writers. In this sprawling narrative which spans the entire twentieth century, Miljenko Jergovi? peers into the dusty corners of his family's past, illuminating them with a tender, poetic precision. Ordinary, forgotten objects - a grandfather's beekeeping journals, a rusty benzene lighter, an army issued raincoat - become the lenses through which Jergovi? investigates the joys and sorrows of a family living through a century of war. The work is ultimately an ode to Yugoslavia - Jergovi? sees his country through the devastation of the First World War, the Second, the Cold, then the Bosnian war of the 90s; through its changing street names and borders, shifting seasons, through its social rituals at graveyards, operas, weddings, markets - rendering it all in loving, vivid detail. A portrait of an era.
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None of the browns match!

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Slow going, and I keep getting sucked down rabbit holes, but enjoyable.

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Why we talk about the weather?

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My father and two uncles went to the same high school in Sarajevo that I did.

Prepared with maps and trying to figure out the family tree in the tagged book.

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Most likely both will be the tagged book. Family saga set in Eastern Europe. I plan to start it on my travel to visit family for New Years weekend.

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BookNAround This sounds fantastic! I‘ll be curious to see how you like it. 2y
bthegood safe travels and happy new year - 2y
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Simona Jergović is a very popular author here in Slovenia, and I‘m patiently waiting for my library hold … 3y
shawnmooney @Simona I am really enjoying it so far! And he started following me on Instagram after he saw my very first quote from this book! I‘ve been doing a little bit of messaging back-and-forth with him which has been an incredible experience. 😍 😍 3y
Simona He sounds (well at least in interviews) like very modest and down to earth author despite that he is literary star in my part of the world! 3y
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