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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Serbo-Croation
Original Language: Serbo-Croation
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Delightful,
By A Customer
This review is from: In the Jaws of Life and Other Stories (Writings from an Unbound Europe) (Paperback)
What a pity Ms Ugresic is not known in this country - or if she is, as a Yugoslav/Croat, with all the heavy baggage that implies nowadays. These stories are absolutely delightful -- I can't remember the last time I laughed out loud when reading. Nothing escapes her wit and derision -- love affairs, relationships, writers, serious literature -- and we come out of one of her stories (in particular Hot Dog in a Warm Bun, Lend Me Your Character or Kreutzer Sonata -- not to mention the title novella)-- tonified and with our faith in life restored, as after a sauna or a refreshing cold shower. Ms Hawkeworth's translations are excellent too, it's hard to believe this wasn't written in English. Let's hope Ms Ugresic has kept her sense of humour, and that a major publisher will make her prose known to more of us..
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A book everyone can relate to,
By lamon@ameritech.net (Chicago IL) - See all my reviews
This review is from: In the Jaws of Life and Other Stories (Writings from an Unbound Europe) (Paperback)
Smart, to the point and funny. Book of life in the sense. My favorite story - "Steffi Speck in The Jaws of Life". Ms. Ugresic's power of the observation is amazing. She has a way of presenting sad and ironic experiences of every day middle class life in hillariosly funny terms. Her "patchwork" (of stories) book is so true, no wonder she can move any reader. I am looking forward to reading her "Fording the Stream of Concioussness" book. Hopefully, there will be more books coming from this talented writer
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