Published by Istros Books, United Kingdom, Bristol, 2012
ISBN 10: 1908236094 ISBN 13: 9781908236098
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A stunning, unique and deadly serious exploration of the roots and results of the Bosnian civil war of the early 1990s. Magical realism Balkan style: complete with some of the most terrifying characters of fantasy fiction. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Istros Books, Bristol, 2023
ISBN 10: 1912545845 ISBN 13: 9781912545841
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A collection to whet the appetite of anyone wishing to learn more about a region rich in history, folklore and (her)stories. Telling it like a woman does not mean literature for women only: it provides an insight into half of humanity, a window onto the lives of citizens who work, love and develop their inner lives. This collection brings together the voices of a wide selection of prize-winning and established authors Contemporary Women's Writing from Serbia and Montenegro Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Istros Books, Bristol, 2023
ISBN 10: 1912545357 ISBN 13: 9781912545353
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 'My Rivers' is an event in four cycles: The Loire, The Spree, The Drina and the Beyond the River. The book includes different poetic forms, from long narrative poems to free verse/flash fiction. The style is never overly strict in form, as Sehic always wants this work to be as clear and understandable as possible. It deals with themes of post-war reality and the culture of remembrance in a wider context, along with the tragedy of the Bosnian war seen through larger conflicts and the greater tragedies of the two world wars. The book seeks catharsis, to the extent to which it is possible in a post-conflict society like Bosnia, along with universal themes of intimacy, love, freedom. 'My Rivers' is poetic event in four cycles from Bosnia's star author. Divided into 4 sections: The Loire, The Spree, The Drina and the Beyond the River, Sehic once again takes on themes of war and peace, love and loneliness in his distinctive, penetrating voice. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Istros Books, Bristol, 2023
ISBN 10: 1912545349 ISBN 13: 9781912545346
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. There are three of them and they have no names: they are a family whose roles superseded by destiny. This is the story of man's struggle for dignity of a man who has only a short time left to live. In the first months of lockdown a mother and son struggle against bureacracy to be able to visit the father in hospital and to fulfil his last wish to return to their Dalmatian terrace just as the cherries blossom and the swallows' nests are full of hatchlings.In this novel, Prtenjaca deals with loss, short-lived hope and memory, his voice is that of a child - one that asks questions - alongside that of a mature voice of a man who has to make difficult decisions. These voices overlap in a rhythmical exchange of scenes and images from the past and the present, comprising an elegy in which love reverberates like the sound of cymbals. There's three of them, and they have no names. Sometimes they seem alone in this world. An Elegiac, intimate novel about a son clutching on his dying father's last moments as the world locks down. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Istros Books, Bristol, 2024
ISBN 10: 1912545411 ISBN 13: 9781912545414
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In Axonas/Axis, Curtis gives voice to the experience of trauma and recovery through the poetic language of imagery rather than graphic detail, attempting to convey the fundamental twist in the narrative - perhaps even a breakage - that needs to be mended through a synthesis of mind, heart and body working towards the integration of the whole. The whole self. Using Ancient Greek words/concepts and mythology as a springboard to launch into her own personal etymology - the origin and intimate meaning of words dear to her - juxtaposed against what we commonly expect from that word. Ultimately, these poems attempt to tread on Holy ground, the territory where symbol is created from suffering and metaphor from the muscle of language, the territory of healing and wholeness. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Istros Books, United Kingdom, Bristol, 2014
ISBN 10: 1908236183 ISBN 13: 9781908236180
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Fine. In the best European absurdist tradition, Popov has created a very funny novel about the trials and tribulations of transition society and the comedy to be found when cultures clash.
Published by Istros Books, Bristol, 2024
ISBN 10: 1912545403 ISBN 13: 9781912545407
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Grandma Non-Oui is a biographical novel that tells the life story of a woman from Split, Croatia. In her youth, Grandma Nedjeljkaor Non-Oui, as she goes by the nickname given to her by her French teacher (a literal French translation of the syllables of her nickname Ne-Da, Slavic for No-Yes)falls in love with an Italian soldier, Carlo, at the end of the second World War and later moves to Sicily to marry him. Written as an exchange between Grandma and Nedjeljka, her granddaughter and namesake, a conversation unfolds that encompasses a broad range of times and places between 1938 to 2016, moving back and forth temporally from past to present, and geographically between Castellammare del Golfo in Sicily and Split, Croatia. Their imagined conversations reveal the lives of these two different women and the deep cross-generational bond between them, as they discuss cross-cultural love, private life, and family, as well as the public sphere of war, politics, and migration. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Istros Books, United Kingdom, Bristol, 2019
ISBN 10: 1912545977 ISBN 13: 9781912545971
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Famous soap opera scriptwriter, Naranca, is slowly losing her memory and decides to embark on a road trip down memory lane (in a golden convertible) in search of her greatest love and ex-husband, an artist whose uncompromising artistic integrity is opposed to Narancas fickle life in the world of TV drama. It is the memory of a series of letters written over several weeks and hand-delivered to the inhabitants of the street where they lived, that cracks open the novel. The letters, triggered by a mysterious couple who make love loudly for hours in the middle of the night, keeping the neighbourhood awake, touch upon the nature of love, war, lust, nationalism, capitalism, and childhood, highlighting the paradox of the human condition through playful humour. Singer in the Night is a rich, sensual novel which comments on communal perception, on how life is really lived. In its final message, the novel gives a playful warning about the consequences of choosing banality over true human connection. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Istros Books, Bristol, 2023
ISBN 10: 1912545845 ISBN 13: 9781912545841
Seller: AussieBookSeller, Truganina, VIC, Australia
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A collection to whet the appetite of anyone wishing to learn more about a region rich in history, folklore and (her)stories. Telling it like a woman does not mean literature for women only: it provides an insight into half of humanity, a window onto the lives of citizens who work, love and develop their inner lives. This collection brings together the voices of a wide selection of prize-winning and established authors Contemporary Women's Writing from Serbia and Montenegro Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
Published by Istros Books, Bristol, 2024
ISBN 10: 1912545403 ISBN 13: 9781912545407
Seller: AussieBookSeller, Truganina, VIC, Australia
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Grandma Non-Oui is a biographical novel that tells the life story of a woman from Split, Croatia. In her youth, Grandma Nedjeljkaor Non-Oui, as she goes by the nickname given to her by her French teacher (a literal French translation of the syllables of her nickname Ne-Da, Slavic for No-Yes)falls in love with an Italian soldier, Carlo, at the end of the second World War and later moves to Sicily to marry him. Written as an exchange between Grandma and Nedjeljka, her granddaughter and namesake, a conversation unfolds that encompasses a broad range of times and places between 1938 to 2016, moving back and forth temporally from past to present, and geographically between Castellammare del Golfo in Sicily and Split, Croatia. Their imagined conversations reveal the lives of these two different women and the deep cross-generational bond between them, as they discuss cross-cultural love, private life, and family, as well as the public sphere of war, politics, and migration. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
Published by Istros Books, Bristol, 2024
ISBN 10: 1912545411 ISBN 13: 9781912545414
Seller: AussieBookSeller, Truganina, VIC, Australia
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In Axonas/Axis, Curtis gives voice to the experience of trauma and recovery through the poetic language of imagery rather than graphic detail, attempting to convey the fundamental twist in the narrative - perhaps even a breakage - that needs to be mended through a synthesis of mind, heart and body working towards the integration of the whole. The whole self. Using Ancient Greek words/concepts and mythology as a springboard to launch into her own personal etymology - the origin and intimate meaning of words dear to her - juxtaposed against what we commonly expect from that word. Ultimately, these poems attempt to tread on Holy ground, the territory where symbol is created from suffering and metaphor from the muscle of language, the territory of healing and wholeness. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
Published by Istros Books, Bristol, 2023
ISBN 10: 1912545357 ISBN 13: 9781912545353
Seller: AussieBookSeller, Truganina, VIC, Australia
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 'My Rivers' is an event in four cycles: The Loire, The Spree, The Drina and the Beyond the River. The book includes different poetic forms, from long narrative poems to free verse/flash fiction. The style is never overly strict in form, as Sehic always wants this work to be as clear and understandable as possible. It deals with themes of post-war reality and the culture of remembrance in a wider context, along with the tragedy of the Bosnian war seen through larger conflicts and the greater tragedies of the two world wars. The book seeks catharsis, to the extent to which it is possible in a post-conflict society like Bosnia, along with universal themes of intimacy, love, freedom. 'My Rivers' is poetic event in four cycles from Bosnia's star author. Divided into 4 sections: The Loire, The Spree, The Drina and the Beyond the River, Sehic once again takes on themes of war and peace, love and loneliness in his distinctive, penetrating voice. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
Published by Istros Books, Bristol, 2023
ISBN 10: 1912545349 ISBN 13: 9781912545346
Seller: AussieBookSeller, Truganina, VIC, Australia
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. There are three of them and they have no names: they are a family whose roles superseded by destiny. This is the story of man's struggle for dignity of a man who has only a short time left to live. In the first months of lockdown a mother and son struggle against bureacracy to be able to visit the father in hospital and to fulfil his last wish to return to their Dalmatian terrace just as the cherries blossom and the swallows' nests are full of hatchlings.In this novel, Prtenjaca deals with loss, short-lived hope and memory, his voice is that of a child - one that asks questions - alongside that of a mature voice of a man who has to make difficult decisions. These voices overlap in a rhythmical exchange of scenes and images from the past and the present, comprising an elegy in which love reverberates like the sound of cymbals. There's three of them, and they have no names. Sometimes they seem alone in this world. An Elegiac, intimate novel about a son clutching on his dying father's last moments as the world locks down. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
Published by Istros Books, Bristol, 2024
ISBN 10: 191254539X ISBN 13: 9781912545391
Seller: AussieBookSeller, Truganina, VIC, Australia
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A celebratory dinner and engagement ceremony is to be held at a large home in Our Village, in southeast Turkey. Halil, the cousin of the future bride, Leyla, is sent to a nearby village to buy the traditional cologne. Leyla's sister, Maral, is told to go door-to-door to remind everyone to attend. Throughout the long day, the other women of the household clean, cook and toil. Meanwhile, a duststorm descends out of nowhere and a menacing mist settles over the village streets.This harrowing tale, which spans sixteen hours and is told through the eyes of a mysterious narrator, delves into the bad blood between two timeless villages where most of the men are heavily armed village guards, and there is money to be made in agriculture, oil, fish farms and more. Geographical complexities, tangled relations, hazy memories and unreliable witnesses make for a story in which perhaps is nothing as it seems.Inspired by the May 2009 massacre of over forty people in a village in the southeastern province of Mardin. This harrowing tale, which spans sixteen hours and is told through the eyes of a mysterious narrator, delves into the bad blood between two timeless villages in Turkey. Based on a true story, the book tells of geographical complexities, tangled relations, hazy memories and unreliable witnesses: a story in which perhaps is nothing as it seems. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
Published by Istros Books, Bristol, 2023
ISBN 10: 1912545357 ISBN 13: 9781912545353
Seller: CitiRetail, Stevenage, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 'My Rivers' is an event in four cycles: The Loire, The Spree, The Drina and the Beyond the River. The book includes different poetic forms, from long narrative poems to free verse/flash fiction. The style is never overly strict in form, as Sehic always wants this work to be as clear and understandable as possible. It deals with themes of post-war reality and the culture of remembrance in a wider context, along with the tragedy of the Bosnian war seen through larger conflicts and the greater tragedies of the two world wars. The book seeks catharsis, to the extent to which it is possible in a post-conflict society like Bosnia, along with universal themes of intimacy, love, freedom. 'My Rivers' is poetic event in four cycles from Bosnia's star author. Divided into 4 sections: The Loire, The Spree, The Drina and the Beyond the River, Sehic once again takes on themes of war and peace, love and loneliness in his distinctive, penetrating voice. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
Published by Istros Books, Bristol, 2023
ISBN 10: 1912545845 ISBN 13: 9781912545841
Seller: CitiRetail, Stevenage, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A collection to whet the appetite of anyone wishing to learn more about a region rich in history, folklore and (her)stories. Telling it like a woman does not mean literature for women only: it provides an insight into half of humanity, a window onto the lives of citizens who work, love and develop their inner lives. This collection brings together the voices of a wide selection of prize-winning and established authors Contemporary Women's Writing from Serbia and Montenegro Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
Published by Istros Books, Bristol, 2024
ISBN 10: 1912545411 ISBN 13: 9781912545414
Seller: CitiRetail, Stevenage, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In Axonas/Axis, Curtis gives voice to the experience of trauma and recovery through the poetic language of imagery rather than graphic detail, attempting to convey the fundamental twist in the narrative - perhaps even a breakage - that needs to be mended through a synthesis of mind, heart and body working towards the integration of the whole. The whole self. Using Ancient Greek words/concepts and mythology as a springboard to launch into her own personal etymology - the origin and intimate meaning of words dear to her - juxtaposed against what we commonly expect from that word. Ultimately, these poems attempt to tread on Holy ground, the territory where symbol is created from suffering and metaphor from the muscle of language, the territory of healing and wholeness. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
Published by Istros Books, Bristol, 2023
ISBN 10: 1912545349 ISBN 13: 9781912545346
Seller: CitiRetail, Stevenage, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. There are three of them and they have no names: they are a family whose roles superseded by destiny. This is the story of man's struggle for dignity of a man who has only a short time left to live. In the first months of lockdown a mother and son struggle against bureacracy to be able to visit the father in hospital and to fulfil his last wish to return to their Dalmatian terrace just as the cherries blossom and the swallows' nests are full of hatchlings.In this novel, Prtenjaca deals with loss, short-lived hope and memory, his voice is that of a child - one that asks questions - alongside that of a mature voice of a man who has to make difficult decisions. These voices overlap in a rhythmical exchange of scenes and images from the past and the present, comprising an elegy in which love reverberates like the sound of cymbals. There's three of them, and they have no names. Sometimes they seem alone in this world. An Elegiac, intimate novel about a son clutching on his dying father's last moments as the world locks down. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
Published by Istros Books, Bristol, 2024
ISBN 10: 1912545403 ISBN 13: 9781912545407
Seller: CitiRetail, Stevenage, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Grandma Non-Oui is a biographical novel that tells the life story of a woman from Split, Croatia. In her youth, Grandma Nedjeljkaor Non-Oui, as she goes by the nickname given to her by her French teacher (a literal French translation of the syllables of her nickname Ne-Da, Slavic for No-Yes)falls in love with an Italian soldier, Carlo, at the end of the second World War and later moves to Sicily to marry him. Written as an exchange between Grandma and Nedjeljka, her granddaughter and namesake, a conversation unfolds that encompasses a broad range of times and places between 1938 to 2016, moving back and forth temporally from past to present, and geographically between Castellammare del Golfo in Sicily and Split, Croatia. Their imagined conversations reveal the lives of these two different women and the deep cross-generational bond between them, as they discuss cross-cultural love, private life, and family, as well as the public sphere of war, politics, and migration. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.