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Bolla

Hardback

Main Details

Title Bolla
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Pajtim Statovci
Translated by David Hackston
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:240
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 135
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
War and combat fiction
ISBN/Barcode 9780571361335
ClassificationsDewey:894.54134
Audience
General
Edition Main

Publishing Details

Publisher Faber & Faber
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publication Date 7 April 2022
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

'Devastating in the most beautiful ways . . . you are in the hands of an absolute artist.' - Torrey Peters, author of Detransition, Baby It is April, 1995. Kosovo is a country on the cusp of a dreadful war. Arsim is twenty-two, newly married, cautious - an Albanian trying to keep his head down and finish his studies in an atmosphere of creeping threat. Until he encounters Milos, a Serb, and begins a life in secret. Bolla is the story of what happens when passion and history collide - when a relationship, already forbidden and laced with danger, is ripped apart by war and migration, separated by nations and fate. What happens when you are forced to live a life that is not yours, so far from your desires? Can the human remain?

Author Biography

PAJTIM STATOVCI was born in Kosovo to Albanian parents in 1990. His family fled the Yugoslav wars and moved to Finland when he was two years old. He holds an MA in comparative literature and is a PhD candidate at the University of Helsinki. His first book, My Cat Yugoslavia, won the Helsingin Sanomat Literature Prize for best debut novel; his second novel, Crossing, was a finalist for the National Book Award; and Bolla was awarded Finland's highest literary honor, The Finlandia Prize. In 2018, he received the Helsinki Writer of the Year Award.

Reviews

A writer of brilliant originality and power' - Garth Greenwell