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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.
SimonaJergović 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
SimonaHe 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