Ahem...
I am on my way to becoming an expert on ex-Yugoslavian literature, past and present (though in the present case we would have to further distinguish between Serbian, Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin..etc.) It seems to be destined that I do this because EVERY SINGLE time I walk into a bookstore (the used ones are particularly hard to just look through) or a library, I somehow come across something either writen by nasi or about each respective country. Mind you, I don't even look for these books, 'cuz God knows I've never even heard of them. Some force pulls me toward an area and as I look around, something catches my eye whether it is a last name or a familiar word. Now, what sucks is most of these books are in English (I would kill for some na nasem, but no one is willing to send me any. When I go back I'll get them I know.
Without further ado, here is the complete set of books I own/have read so far:
The Woman From Sarajevo - Ivo Andric
The Bridge on the Drina - Ivo Andric
The Road to Kosovo: A Balkan Diary - Greg Cambell (not finished)
Necessary Targets - Eve Ensler (I really should read it, but I don't think I can face rape yet.)
Sarajevo Blues - Semezdin Mehmedinovic (This book holds my heart...as well as my Bijelo Dugme ticket!)
Balkan Farewells - Drazan Gunjaca (Also good.)
Konjic sa Zlatnim Sedlom - Nada Iveljic (Haha...)
Sarajevo Marlboro - Milenko Jergovic (:))
Sarajevo, Exodus of a City - Dzevad Karahasan (Nice history book about Sarajevo's Jews.)
Hotel Sarajevo - Jack Kersh (Westerners, they try but they just don't get it all completely right.)
Bosnia: A Short History - Noel Malcom (I'm trudging through it occasionally.)
Предео Сликан Чајем - Милорад Павић (Predeo Slikan Cajem - Milorad Pavic...hard to read Cyrillic)
Pretty Birds - Scott Simon (Another Westerner [It's so funny calling them that...]. OK book. Has an Irena in it, which is awesome.)
and finally, the book I'm reading now:
The War was Better - Miodrag Bulatovic (A sort of Catch-22) for the Balkan set. So far, so good.)
That's it for now, but I have a feeling it's not the end. Not yet.
Without further ado, here is the complete set of books I own/have read so far:
The Woman From Sarajevo - Ivo Andric
The Bridge on the Drina - Ivo Andric
The Road to Kosovo: A Balkan Diary - Greg Cambell (not finished)
Necessary Targets - Eve Ensler (I really should read it, but I don't think I can face rape yet.)
Sarajevo Blues - Semezdin Mehmedinovic (This book holds my heart...as well as my Bijelo Dugme ticket!)
Balkan Farewells - Drazan Gunjaca (Also good.)
Konjic sa Zlatnim Sedlom - Nada Iveljic (Haha...)
Sarajevo Marlboro - Milenko Jergovic (:))
Sarajevo, Exodus of a City - Dzevad Karahasan (Nice history book about Sarajevo's Jews.)
Hotel Sarajevo - Jack Kersh (Westerners, they try but they just don't get it all completely right.)
Bosnia: A Short History - Noel Malcom (I'm trudging through it occasionally.)
Предео Сликан Чајем - Милорад Павић (Predeo Slikan Cajem - Milorad Pavic...hard to read Cyrillic)
Pretty Birds - Scott Simon (Another Westerner [It's so funny calling them that...]. OK book. Has an Irena in it, which is awesome.)
and finally, the book I'm reading now:
The War was Better - Miodrag Bulatovic (A sort of Catch-22) for the Balkan set. So far, so good.)
That's it for now, but I have a feeling it's not the end. Not yet.