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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
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- Année de publication
- 2018
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- Titre
- My Cat Yugoslavia
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Pajtim Statovci
- Éditeur
- Pushkin Press
- Publié
- 2018
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 272
- ISBN10
- 1782273603
- ISBN13
- 9781782273608
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Fiction, Romans historiques, Littérature contemporaine, LGBTQ+, Chats, Réalisme magique, Littérature finlandaise, Finlande, Immigrants, Guerre en Yougoslavie (1991-2001)
- Première publication
- 2014
- Titre original
- Kissani Jugoslavia
- Évaluation
- 3,75 sur 5
- Description
- 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