Faruk Sehic

Quiet Flows the Una (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

'A major and complex contribution to war literature' - Guardian

Quiet Flows the Una is a semi-autobiographical novel about a soldier suffering from the trauma of the Bosnian War, who suddenly finds himself wandering the lost and poetic corners of his memory after being hypnotized.

The author, Faruk Sehic, joined a paramilitary unit for three years. He led 150 men into battle and was present at atrocities committed by both sides. Prior to the conflict he was an aspiring poet. His experiences shadow the novel as, with Nabokovian lushness, he reconstructs his childhood in pre-war Yugoslavia, visiting his Grandmother's house and meandering the idyllic banks of the river Una. In Quiet Flows the Una Sehic has successfully put into art the complexities of his own, and countless others', post-traumatic stress disorder.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Istros Books
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. März 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781908236715
• Artikelnr.: 59551971

Autorenporträt

Until the outbreak of war in 1992, Faruk sehic studied veterinary medicine in Zagreb. However, the then 22-year-old voluntarily joined the army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in which he led a unit of 130 men. After the war he studied literature and has gone on to create his own literary works. Literary critics have hailed sehic as the leader of the 'mangled generation' of writers born in 1970s Yugoslavia, and his books have achieved cult status with readers across the whole region. His debut novel Quiet Flows the Una (Knjiga o Uni, 2011) received the MeSa Selimovic prize for the best novel published in the region, and also the EU Prize for Literature in 2013. His most recent book is a collection of poetry entitled My Rivers (Moje rijeke, Buybook, 2014). sehic lives in Sarajevo and works as a columnist and journalist.