Mama Leone

Mama Leone

Written in the shadow of the Yugoslav wars, yet never eclipsed by them, Mama Leone is a delightful cycle of interconnected stories by one of Central Europeâ€™s most dazzling contemporary storytellers. Miljenko Jergovi? leads us from a bittersweet world of precocious childhood wonder and hilarious invention, where the seduction of a well-told lie is worth more than a thousand prosaic truths, out into fractured worlds bleary-eyed from the unmagnificence of growing up. Yet for every familial betrayal and diminished expectation, every love and home(land) irretrievably lost, every terror and worst fear realized, Jergovi?â€™s characters never surrender the promise of redemption being but a lone kiss or winning bingo card away. As readers we wander the bookâ€™s rhapsodic literary rooms, and as a myriad of unforgettable human voices call out to us, startled, across oceans and continents, we recognize them as our own.

Country	USA
Author	Miljenko Jergovic
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Jergovic, Miljenko/ Williams, David (TRN)
EAN	9781935744320
Format	Deckle Edge
ISBN	1935744321
Label	Archipelago
Manufacturer	Archipelago
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	220
PublicationDate	2012-09-21
Publisher	Archipelago
ReleaseDate	2012-09-21
Studio	Archipelago

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