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Splendidly ambitious . . . A brilliant, enthralling spread of story-telling and high-velocity reflections. In her indignation and in her sorrow Ugresic speaks for many people, many experiences. She is a writer to follow. A writer to be cherished." Susan Sontag

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Tanja Luci. Zagrebli. Ögretmen. Savas sonrasi Yugoslavyayi terk edip Amsterdama yerlesiyor. Yalniz. Hüzünlü. Kimsesiz. Kimsesizliginde kimligini ariyor Luci.Babasi ölmüs. Annesi bunamis. Ögrencileri... Ögrencileri ona elinin altindan kayip gidenleri, kaybedilenleri hatirlatiyor. Onlar da kendisi gibi eski Yugoslavyali, bu yüzden dehset dolu gecmisleriyle basa cikabilmek icin Yugonostalji calisiyor, Yugomitoloji okuyorlar. Bellek calismalari. S...

In Europa in sepia dwaalt Dubravka UgreSic van de Amerikaanse Midwest tot Zuccotti Park, en van de Ierse Aran-eilanden tot Jeruzalems Mea Shearim, van de tristesse van de Nederlandse Vinex-wijken tot de rellen in Zuid-Londen. Ondertussen stipt ze tal van kwesties aan, van de lusteloosheid in Centraal-Europa tot de verveling in de Lage Landen. Met een vinger aan de pols van een uitgeput Europa en een andere aan die van postindustrieel Amerika, ...

Taking us on travels through Europe, and across to the US, this book offers perspectives on literature, geopolitics, East and West. It also says that while the Eastern bloc is gripped by Western modernization, the West is becoming increasingly Sovietized, with Internet banking, speed dating and automatic supermarket checkouts.

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The Museum of Unconditional Surrender-by the renowned Yugoslavian writer Dubravka Ugresic-begins in the Berlin Zoo, with the contents of Roland the Walrus's stomach displayed beside his pool (Roland died in August, 1961). These objects-a cigarette lighter, lollipop sticks, a beer-bottle opener, etc.-like the fictional pieces of the novel itself, are seemingly random at first, but eventually coalesce, meaningfully and poetically. Written in a ...

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Final novel from one of Europ'e greatest women writers.

According to Slavic myth, Baba Yaga is a witch who lives in a house built on chicken legs and kidnaps small children. In "Baba Yaga Laid an Egg, " internationally acclaimed writer Dubravka Ugresic takes the timeless legend and spins it into a fresh and distinctly modern tale of femininity, aging, identity, and love. With barbed wisdom and razor-sharp wit, Ugresic weaves together the stories of four women in contemporary Eastern Europe: a writ...