My cat Yugoslavia
Statovci, Pajtim2018
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In 1980s Yugoslavia, a young Muslim girl, is married off to a man she hardly knows, but what was meant to be a happy match quickly goes shockingly wrong. Soon thereafter her country is torn apart by war and she and her family flee. Years later, her son, Bekim, grows up a social outcast in present-day Finland, not just an immigrant in a country suspicious of foreigners, but a gay man in an unaccepting society. On a visit to gay bar, Bekim meets a talking cat who moves in with him and his boa constrictor. It is this witty, charming, manipulative creature who starts Bekim on a journey back to Kosovo to confront his demons and make sense of the cruel history of his family.
Main title:
My cat Yugoslavia / Pajtim Statovci.
Author:
Statovci, Pajtim, author
Edition:
Large print edition
Imprint:
Rearsby : Clipper, 2018.
Collation:
336 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9781510089532 (pbk)
Dewey class:
894.5'4134F
Local class:
FIC
Language:
EnglishFinnish
Subject:
BRN:
2203262