Ismet Prcic
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Unspeakable Home
From award-winning writer Ismet Prcic, a “brutal and tender and beautiful” (Tommy Orange, author of Wandering Stars) novel that is “part existential cry…part anguished confession…a transfiguring of personal memory to obscure the terrible cost of exile” (The New York Times).Having fled his war-torn hometown of Tuzla in Bosnia-Herzegovina as a teenager, our narrator, Izzy, found love and a measure of stability in California with his beloved. But his American marriage couldn’t survive his Bosnian brokenness, the trauma so entrenched and insidious that it became impossible to communicate to anyone outside of himself—even the person he loved most. Now, as he writes in the first of many courageously candid fan letters to the comedian Bill Burr, he knows he must try. “An adventurous novel that meshes a fragmented narrative with a broken soul” (Kirkus Reviews), Unspeakable Home takes us through Izzy’s memories and confessions as he reflects on his bomb-ravaged childhood, the implosion of his relationships, and an agonizing battle with alcoholism. As multiple narrators surface in fragments with increasingly tenuous connections to reality, Ismet Prcic unearths the psychological cost of exile and shame with a roving, kinetic energy and a sharp, searching sense of humor. What emerges is a vivid and poignant exploration of the stories we create to hide the deepest parts of our identity from ourselves, as well as a hard-won, life-affirming promise of redemption.
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Paramparca
Komsum, bir zamanlar onlarin kapi komsusuymus, gercekten. Bunlar mülteciymis. Cetnikler köylerine geldiginde Mustafa, babasinin lagim cukuruna saklandigini görmüs. Adamlar bunlarin evine geldiginde Mustafanin annesi ile kiz kardesini, herhalde tecavüz etmek icin alip götürmüsler. Agabeyinin birkac parmagini, burnunu, kulaklarini kesip gözlerini baglamislar ve testislerini bicakla yarip icinden cikanlari Mustafaya yedirmisler. Korkunc. Bunu hayal edebiliyor musun Son anlattigimin dogrulugundan emin degilim ama digerleri kesinlikle olmus.Bosna Savasinin ortasinda bir genc... Ismet. Bir havan topu mermisinin oturma odaniza isabet edebilecegi, yolda yürürken ayaginizin dibine bomba düsebilecegi zamanlar... Ismet iste bu savastan kacti. Edinburghdaki festivale davet edilince tiyatro topluluguyla birlikte Iskocyaya gitti. Oradan Hirvatistana, oradan da Amerikaya. Fakat gecmisinden ve yasadigi travmadan kacamadi; annesi ile sevgilisini ardinda birakmis olmak onu daha da yaraladi. Ve doktoru ona yaz dedi. Aklina ne gelirse yaz. O da yazdi. Ismeti yazdi. Mustafayi yazdi. Sonra belki de Mustafa onun hayatini yazmaya basladi. Ta ki gercekle kurgu birbirine girene dek...
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Junten Los Pedazos
Brilliant, provocative, and vigorous, this novel deal with a young Bosnian who has fled from his homeland, ravaged by war, and now lives in the United States. As he struggles to reconcile his past with his present, he cannot let go of the guilt he feels for fleeing without his family. As a way to save the internal abyss, he is given the task to explore through means of the written word. This leads him to recall memories and confessions from his childhood, about his loved ones as well as the social and political circumstances that triggered the war.
€ 25,50