Who falls the most beautifully

Title: Who Falls Most Beautifully

Author: Sara Nović

Binding: Hardcover

EAN: 9789029091886

Condition: Good

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Description:

One of the most beautiful novels about the Yugoslav Civil War

Zagreb, 1991. Ten-year-old Ana Juric leads a carefree life. But when war breaks out in Yugoslavia, her idyllic childhood is rudely interrupted. Daily life is suddenly characterized by food rations, air raids and machine gun violence. Neighbors begin to distrust each other and Ana's sense of security slowly crumbles. When she suddenly finds herself on her own, Ana must find her way in a dangerous world.

New York, 2001. Ana is a student and living in Manhattan. Although she has tried to leave the past behind, she cannot escape her war memories – she has secrets that she keeps even from those she loves. Haunted by the events that changed her family forever, she decides to return to Croatia after ten years, hoping to make peace with the place she once called home.

Who Falls Most Beautifully is a brilliant, fast-paced debut novel that sheds light on how war can determine the course of a life.

The press about Who falls the most beautifully

'Skilled and powerful debut.' Trouw

'Clear language that regularly goes through marrow and bone. Novic knows what she is doing.' NRC Handelsblad

'In this debut novel, Sara Novic impresses with the modest way in which she expresses the horrors of war and its influence on a teenage girl.' **** Leeuwarder Courant

'From the very first line, Who Falls Most Beautifully grabs you by the throat and won't let go.' Margriet

'Who Falls Most Beautifully is a very mature debut. This is the way to make fiction real.' Tzum.nl

'Anyone who wants to understand the phenomenon of war and its effect on ordinary people should read this astonishing debut about the Yugoslav Civil War.'

'An honest document against war and for humanity.' De Limburger

"Crushing. The first sentence is the most memorable opening line in contemporary literature, and every sentence that follows is equally powerful." USA Today

'Vividly and powerfully written, a story that will touch everyone. The author elevates the story of broken lives in a faraway land to a universal story.' The New York Times

'Gripping. In tender and eloquent prose, Novic explores the fine line between living and surviving.' O. The Oprah Magazine