Little Bastards in Springtime - Softcover

Rudolph, Katja

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1586422332 ISBN 13: 9781586422332

Publisher: Steerforth Pr, 2015

Synopsis

Spring, 1992. Jevrem Andric is eleven years old and war is erupting in Sarajevo. As the shelling worsens, Jevrem's journalist father and teenaged brother join the Bosnian army. Jevrem, his sisters, his concert pianist mother and beloved grandmother move into the basement.

Spring, 1997. Refugee life in Toronto is bleak, and 16-year-old Jevrem and his gang of Yugoslav friends are on a rampage: drinking, smoking weed, popping pills, breaking into houses. Survival means relying on your cunning in an indifferent world. Besides, they relish the adrenaline rush; it reminds them of home.

Spring, 1998. After a year in remand, Jevrem has another three in juvenile detention ahead of him, once again trapped in cramped spaces. The only way to save his soul is to escape, and so he does. He hitches rides and as he makes his way west across America toward Los Angeles and his estranged uncle, he feels that it's a chance to leave the repeating patterns of the past behind.

About this title

About the Author

Katja Rudolph was born in Sussex, England, and moved to Canada with her family when she was seven. She holds an MPhil in social and political sciences from King's College, Cambridge, and a PhD in theory and policy studies from the University of Toronto. She lives with her partner and two children near Toronto. Little Bastards in Springtime is her first novel.

Edition details

• Publisher: Steerforth Pr
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1586422332
• ISBN 13: 9781586422332
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 399