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Lädt ... Kissani Jugoslavia (Original 2015; 2014. Auflage)von Pajtim Statovci
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Yugoslavia, años ochenta: Mientras el matrimonio concertado de Emine se desmorona, el país se desangra en una cruenta guerra. Décadas más tarde, su hijo Bekim es doblemente marginado en Finlandia, como inmigrante, y como homosexual. Su única compañía es una boa constríctor a la que deja deambular libremente por su apartamento, a pesar de su fobia a las serpientes. Una noche, en un bar gay, Bekim conoce a un gato que habla. Esta criatura ocurrente, veleidosa y manipuladora llevará a Bekim de vuelta a Kosovo para hacer frente a sus demonios y comprender su historia familiar -e, incluso, encontrar el amor. Pajtim Statovci, doctorando en Literatura Comparada en la Universidad de Helsinki, es un joven novelista finés de origen kosovar que ha sido galardonado con los premios literarios más prestigiosos de su país: el Finlandia, el Toisinkoinen y el Helsingin Sanomat. Su primera novela, "Mi gato Yugoslavia", ha sido publicada en diecisiete países. Stavoci is remarkably confident. The writing zings. The novel begins with a gay hookup that was very well written, just a stunning use of a scene to create the inner life, very quickly, of an alienated gay man--who happens too to be a literal alien--from Yugoslavia to Finland. The smells in this book are brilliantly rendered. A snake and a cat figure prominently in the story and the relationship that the protagonist has with each is weird, unsettling, and perfect. I'm respectful of this author and look forward to the next novel. Tässä kirjassa seurataan kahden henkiöön vaiheita: Eminen ja hänen poikansa Bekimin. Emine kasvatetaan Kosovossa huomaavaiseksi ja ahkeraksi vaimoksi ja miehensä mukana hän päätyy Pristinaan ja albaanien kaltoinkohtelun seurauksena hakemaan turvaa Suomesta, jossa elämä on hyvin erilaista. Bekim, lapsena Suomeen tullut, kasvaa kahden kulttuurin rajalla, eikä oikein tunnu saavan elämässään mitään aikaiseksi. Vaikka kirjaa luki sujuvasti, en missään vaiheessa oikein ymmärtänyt mitä kissajutut siinä tarkoittivat. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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"Already an international sensation: a debut novel that tells a love story set in two countries in two radically different moments in time, bringing together a young man, his mother, a boa constrictor, and one capricious cat. In 1980s Yugoslavia, a young Muslim girl is married off to a man she hardly knows, but what was meant to be a happy match goes quickly wrong. Soon thereafter her country is torn apart by war and she and her family flee. Years later, her son, Bekim, grows up a social outcast in present day Finland, not just an immigrant in a country suspicious of foreigners, but a gay man in an unaccepting society. Aside from casual hookups, his only friend is a boa constrictor whom, improbably--he is terrified of snakes--he lets roam his apartment. But during a visit to a gay bar, Bekim meets a talking cat who moves in with him and his snake. It is this witty, charming, manipulative creature who starts Bekim on a journey back to Kosovo to confront his demons, and make sense of the magical, cruel, incredible history of his family. And it is this that, in turn, enables him finally, to open himself to true love--which he will find in the most unexpected place."-- Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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