Catch the Rabbit
$18.75
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
25 May 2021
Summary
Lana Bastasic’s novel of two young women plunging into post-war Bosnia like two Alices into Wonderland is smart, energetic, passionate, announcing a major talent.
Sara hasn’t seen or heard from Lejla in years. She’s comfortable with her life in Dublin, with her partner, their avocado plant, and their naturist neighbour. But when Lejla calls and demands she come home to Bosnia, Sara finds that she can’t say no.
What begins as a road trip becomes a journey through the past, as t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529039610 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1529039614 |
| Author: | Lana Bastašic |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Picador |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 25 May 2021 |
| Weight: | 352g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 153mm x 234mm |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
Lana Bastašic’s novel of two young women plunging into post-war Bosnia like two Alices into Wonderland is smart, energetic, passionate, announcing a major talent. – Aleksandar Hemon
A confident, carefully-drawn portrait of female friendship in the fall-out of war. Bastašic has an eye for telling details which capture characters and readers alike. – Olivia Sudjic
Lewis Carroll meets Elena Ferrante in a Balkanized Wonderland. – Jasmina Vrbavac
Lana Bastašic … possesses a truly authentic narrative voice. Her storytelling is both mature and energetic, and she has set a very high literary standard with this first novel. – Dubravka Ugrešic
Lana Bastašic’s novel Catch the Rabbit is perhaps the first major book to express some important truths about post-war Bosnia. This on-the-road story about two friends who set out in search of answers to the most important questions from their past will be a classic. – Semezdin Mehmedinovic
Stunning … built on themes of rediscovering the past, memories, women’s friendships, language, and identity. This unforgettable tour de force surprises at every turn. * Publishers Weekly (starred review) *
Lana Bastašic
Lana Bastasic is a Yugoslav-born writer who lives and works in Belgrade. She has published two collections of short stories and one of poetry. Catch the Rabbit, her first novel, was published in 2018 in Belgrade and was shortlisted for the NIN Award. Her short stories have been included in major regional anthologies and have won numerous awards throughout the former Yugoslavia. She was awarded the European Union Prize for Literature for Catch the Rabbit in 2020.
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