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Yugoslavia, 1980s: a 16-year-old Muslim girl named Emine is married off to a man she hardly knows. But what was meant to be a happy match soon goes terribly wrong. Her country is torn apart by war and she flees with her family. Decades later Emine's son, Bekim, has grown up a social outcast in Finland; both an immigrant in a country suspicious of foreigners, and a gay man in an unaccepting society. Aside from casual hookups, his only friend is a boa constrictor whom he lets roam his apartment - even though he is terrified of snakes. But one night in a gay bar, Bekim meets a talking cat who moves in with him and his snake. This witty, charming, manipulative creature starts Bekim on a journey back to Kosovo to confront his demons and make sense of the remarkable, cruel history of his family. It is a journey that will eventually lead him to love
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My Cat Yugoslavia, Pajtim Statovci
- Idioma
- Publicado en
- 2018
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- Título
- My Cat Yugoslavia
- Idioma
- Inglés
- Autores
- Pajtim Statovci
- Editorial
- Pushkin Press
- Publicado en
- 2018
- Formato
- Tapa blanda
- Páginas
- 272
- ISBN10
- 1782273603
- ISBN13
- 9781782273608
- Serie
- Etiquetas
- Ficción, Novelas históricas, Ficción contemporánea, LGBTQ+, Gatos, Realismo mágico, Literatura finlandesa, Finlandia, Inmigrantes, Guerra en Yugoslavia (1991-2001)
- Primera publicación
- 2014
- Título original
- Kissani Jugoslavia
- Calificación
- 3,75 de 5
- Descripción
- Yugoslavia, 1980s: a 16-year-old Muslim girl named Emine is married off to a man she hardly knows. But what was meant to be a happy match soon goes terribly wrong. Her country is torn apart by war and she flees with her family. Decades later Emine's son, Bekim, has grown up a social outcast in Finland; both an immigrant in a country suspicious of foreigners, and a gay man in an unaccepting society. Aside from casual hookups, his only friend is a boa constrictor whom he lets roam his apartment - even though he is terrified of snakes. But one night in a gay bar, Bekim meets a talking cat who moves in with him and his snake. This witty, charming, manipulative creature starts Bekim on a journey back to Kosovo to confront his demons and make sense of the remarkable, cruel history of his family. It is a journey that will eventually lead him to love