1 New from $9.99

See All Buying Options

Have one to sell? Sell on Amazon

Flip to back Flip to front

Listen Playing... Paused You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition.
Learn more

See this image

The Scent of Rain in the Balkans Paperback – April 1, 2012

by Gordana Kuic (Author)

8 customer reviews

Book 1 of 4 in the Miris kiše na Balkanu Series

See all 2 formats and editions Hide other formats and editions

Price

New from

Used from

Paperback

"Please retry"

—

$9.99

—

Paperback
from $9.99 1 New from $9.99

Kuic has courageously plunged into an unusual topic, one which has not been touched upon in Yugoslav literature so far. In her attempt to show the destiny of a Sephardic Jewish family living on Bosnian soil, in Sarajevo, the author has gone much further: she shows the inevitability of historical developments; she paints history as a monster who continually returns in cycles, but also as a joker who readily changes the colours of its mosaic pieces. - David Albahari, writer, Belgrade It is not Jewish, it is not Yugoslav. It is about all people, and it is about the importance of family, told in a tough-minded way by a woman whose ancestors were survivors. The Scent of Rain in the Balkans is universal. - Jeanne Smoot, Professor of Comparative Literature, University of North Carolina, USA ... an exciting chronicle of a world apart, recounted in a readable, fluent, natural style, but not lacking in thoroughness... One of those novels that the reader cannot put down. - I. Mandic, literary critic NIN, 1987

Customers who viewed this item also viewed

Page 1 of 1 Start overPage 1 of 1

This shopping feature will continue to load items. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading.

Gordana Kuic
Paperback
$37.49
Viet Thanh Nguyen

1,927

Paperback
$12.12

Customers who bought this item also bought

Page 1 of 1 Start overPage 1 of 1

This shopping feature will continue to load items. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading.

Michael Haag

31

Paperback
$12.58
Gordana Kuic

2

Paperback
$16.99
Luis Alberto Urrea

54

Hardcover
$17.70
Arundhati Roy

370

Hardcover
$15.95
Geraldine Brooks

1,216

Paperback
$12.21
Min Jin Lee

1,067

Paperback
$10.87

Special offers and product promotions

Editorial Reviews

Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Centennial Publications LLC; 1st edition (April 1, 2012)
Language: English
ASIN: B007XIXZE0
Average Customer Review: 8 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #710,937 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Would you like to tell us about a lower price?
If you are a seller for this product, would you like to suggest updates through seller support?

NO_CONTENT_IN_FEATURE

Customer Reviews

4 star (0%)

1 star (0%)

Write a customer review

See all 8 customer reviews

Rated by customers interested in

What's this?

Religion & Spirituality Books

5.0 out of 5 stars

Romance Novels

5.0 out of 5 stars

Children's Books

5.0 out of 5 stars

Is this feature helpful?

Thank you for your feedback.

Top customer reviews

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

Roberta M. Knopf

Wonderful Saga!

May 10, 2017

Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase

Loved this book. I read it after I watched the episodic series if the same name on MHz network. I did not know much about what happened in WWII to the Yugoslavian people. The novel starts off in 1900 and depicts a Jewish family and their friends and follows their lives clear up to the end of World War II.

Comment 7 people found this helpful. Was this review helpful to you?

Yes

Sabba B

Powerful story -- highly recommended

October 19, 2017

Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase

The story follows a Jewish sephardic family in Sarajevo from WWI to the end of WWII. To me it was spellbinding, as well as instructive, as it is about an era and area essentially unexplored in literature. The characters come alive through a most beautiful language. A powerful novel; highly recommended.

Comment One person found this helpful. Was this review helpful to you?

Yes

Linda Braschayko

I loved the TV series and had to read the book

November 27, 2017

Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase

I loved the TV series and had to read the book. It was a wonderful book and the TV series went along with it very well. Only a few details were changed. I'm glad that I saw the TV series first because I loved the characters and could envision them from the movies. It was a bit of historical fiction that I truly enjoyed.

Comment One person found this helpful. Was this review helpful to you?

Yes

Jennifer Elliott

Five Stars

January 27, 2018

Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase

Looking forward to reading it

CommentWas this review helpful to you?

Yes

Diana Chandler

Three Stars

March 28, 2015

Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase

I am slightly disappointed, the story is engaging but not convincing, the dialog is poor.

CommentWas this review helpful to you?

Yes

Amazon Customer V. Truitt

Read this Book!

June 1, 2012

Format: Paperback

I bought the English translation of this 1986 book in a shop in Belgrade, Serbia, in 2012 because I was out of reading material and the clerk recommended it. I'm amazed at the power of the book, which traces the lives of a Sephardic Jewish family in Yugoslavia from around 1914 until after World War II. I could hardly put the book down.

What it's about: The five sisters and two brothers of the Salom family, Sephardic Jews who settled in Sarajevo.
The history of Yugoslavia between 1914 and 1945. The customs and culture of the people in the region--the Orthodox Christians, Catholics, and Muslims who populate the area and provide its personality and prejudices. The reaction of the peoples of Yugoslavia to fascism and the Nazi invasion. The importance of the individual and the inevitability of history. And more. The skin of these topics is supported by the bones and blood and heartbeat of people the reader comes to know as well as family members and to care about as though they were family members. It's at the same time entertaining, enlightening, enchanting, and entrancing. Read this book!

Comment 19 people found this helpful. Was this review helpful to you?

Yes

Lillian Vesic

Fantastic Novel

August 19, 2011

Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase

Just a divine story and beautifully written, makes the reader feel a part of the story. I believe there are several other novels written by the same author, not yet translated into English..............please translate & make available for Kindle.

Comment 10 people found this helpful. Was this review helpful to you?

Yes

ADAM

LOST IN TRANSLATION ????

May 15, 2013

Format: Paperback

I have reached page 112 of this book's 398 pages, and decided to put it aside.

The novel, which won a 'Golden Quill Award' might well be brilliant in its original Serbian, but this brilliance has been lost in translation. Sadly, the English used in the translation marred my enjoyment of this potentially fascinating historical novel, and dampened my enthusiasm to read any further.

Comment 3 people found this helpful. Was this review helpful to you?

Yes

Pages with related products. See and discover other items: the balkans

The Scent of Rain in the Balkans Paperback – April 1, 2012

Customers who viewed this item also viewed

Customers who bought this item also bought

Special offers and product promotions

Editorial Reviews

Product details

Customer Reviews

Top customer reviews

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.