Seven Terrors by Selvedin Avdic
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.
`'It's quite unlike anything I've read before, but it has all the consistency and force of something major and assured"; "It's a sideways look at the Bosnian war, with the divisions of the country mirrored in the divisions of life: between madness and sanity, the real world and the supernatural one, presence and absence, speech and silence.''; Nick Lezard in his Best Paperbacks 2014; "For all its wry humour and playfulness, this is a deeply serious exploration into the legacy of the Bosnian War, in which the fantastic elements are representative of an historical trauma too awful to describe directly." David Evans - The Independent; "...spine-chilling Gothic tale which involves mythological demons and rather hilarious observations about women's fashion magazines, alongside a terrifically compelling discourse on war, violence and humanity's dark heart." Ali Alizadeh, Sydney Review of Books
Selvedin Avdić's first book was a collection of stories - Tennants and other Fantoms, followed by a tourist guide to the historic Bosnian town of Jajca and a factual account of Zenica prison. He works as the editor-in-chief of the online magazine Žurnal and also produces his own radio show. His 2015 non-fiction book, Moja Fabrika, is a history of his industrial hometown and the steelwork factory which dominates it. His second novel, A Drop of Joy, will be published in Croatia later this year.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781908236364 |
| ISBN 10 | 1908236361 |
| Title | Seven Terrors |
| Author | Selvedin Avdic |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Istros Books |
| Year published | 2018-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 152 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |