Ukulele Jam by Alen Meskovic
This timely, powerful novel about the refugee experience tells the story of Miki, a Bosnian teenager, and his family escaping the Yugoslav war. Living in a Croatian refugee camp, a dilapidated former holiday centre, Miki is haunted by violent war memories. Ukelele Jam tells of a life of extremity and danger that is also full of humour and human fellowship. As the conflict catches up with them, Miki and his new friends pick up girls, listen to music and have campfire parties on the beach. Ukulele Jam is the story of a young man's survival instinct during these hate-filled years of nationalism. Meskovic's novel is a European success. It has been translated into German, Croatian, Hungarian and Slovenian, and is being developed as a film in Germany, where it is also a long-running theatre production.
Alen Mešković was born in Bosnia in 1977, and his own life is similar to Miki’s: he lived in a refugee camp, his mother died in a Serb prison, while his father and older brother were imprisoned by the Serbs in the war. Alen arrived in Denmark in 1994 unable to speak Danish. In 2007 he contributed to Gyldendal’s anthology Nye stemmer (New Voices). His first publication was the widely acclaimed collection of poems Første gang tilbage (First time back) (2009). The book earned him the Erik Hoffmeyer Prize the same year. Published in September 2011, Ukulele-jam (Ukulele Jam) is Mešković’s first novel. In May 2012, he received a 3-year working grant from The Danish Arts Foundation for Ukulele Jam. A sequel to Ukulele Jam has recently been published in Denmark.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781781723425 |
| ISBN 10 | 1781723427 |
| Title | Ukulele Jam |
| Author | Alen Meskovic |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Poetry Wales Press |
| Year published | 2018-03-19 |
| Number of pages | 280 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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