Barbara Smythe Strathdee (1 results)
Published by Tara Pub., 2005
- Softcover
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Paperback. Condition: Good. 207 pages. Caf? Wars is set in the cities of Trieste in Italy and Ljubljana in the n eighboring republic of Slovenia. It examines the experiences of a group of artis ts and their friends in the early 1990s, during the breakup of Yugoslavia. Situa ted as they are on the border, some Triestines have his…torical and family connec tions in the region to the east, and as the reverberations from the conflict rea ch into the caf? s and studios of the city, daily life is inevitably overshad owed. Artist Max Kravos is in love with the flamboyant and enigmatic Silvana, a woman of the Istrian diaspora, and is preparing a joint exhibition with her in S lovenia. Lorena, his partner - independent and ambitious, is seduced by the prom ise of big money to enter into dubious dealings with black marketeers. Nicky, a young New Zealander, gradually becomes drawn into their lives, shedding some inn ocence in the process.
