Catch the rabbit
Winner of the 2020 European Union Prize for Literature, Lana Bastasic's powerful debut novel Catch the Rabbit is an emotionally rich excavation of the complicated friendship between two women in a fractured, post-war Bosnia as they venture into the treacherous terrain of the Balkan wonderlands...
| Main Author: | Bastašić, Lana, 1986- |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English Serbian |
| Published: |
Brooklyn, NY :
Restless Books,
2021.
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| Summary: |
Winner of the 2020 European Union Prize for Literature, Lana Bastasic's powerful debut novel Catch the Rabbit is an emotionally rich excavation of the complicated friendship between two women in a fractured, post-war Bosnia as they venture into the treacherous terrain of the Balkan wonderlands and their own history. When Sara receives a call from Lejla to return to Bosnia, she surprises herself by immediately saying yes--since she hasn't spoken to Lejla since college. Lejla wants Sara to drive them from Mostar to Vienna, where Lejla's brother Armin has just been found--Armin disappeared as a young man during the Bosnian War. What follows is a road trip--one that begins to stretch back into the past. Sara is forced to reconsider the things she thought she understood growing up and the things that separated her and Lejla. |
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| Physical Description: |
248 pages |
| ISBN: |
9781632062895 1632062895 |
| Author Notes: |
About the Author: Lana Bastasić is a Yugoslav-born writer. Her debut novel Catch the Rabbit was shortlisted for the 2019 NIN award and was awarded the 2020 European Union Prize for Literature. She majored in English and holds a master's degree in cultural studies and currently resides in Barcelona. |