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How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone
Sasa Stanisic
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Description for How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone
Paperback. Reissue of this prize-winning debut novel by the author of Before the Feast Translator(s): Bell, Anthea. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 236.
The prize-winning debut novel by the author of Before the Feast Aleksandar is Comrade-in-Chief of fishing, the best magician in the non-aligned States and painter of unfinished things. He knows the first chapter of Marx's Das Kapital by heart but spends most of his time playing football in the Bosnian town of Visegrad on the banks of the river Drina. When his grandfather, a master storyteller, dies of the fastest heart attack in the world while watching Carl Lewis's record, Aleksandar promises to carry on the tradition. However when the shadow of war spreads ... Read more
The prize-winning debut novel by the author of Before the Feast Aleksandar is Comrade-in-Chief of fishing, the best magician in the non-aligned States and painter of unfinished things. He knows the first chapter of Marx's Das Kapital by heart but spends most of his time playing football in the Bosnian town of Visegrad on the banks of the river Drina. When his grandfather, a master storyteller, dies of the fastest heart attack in the world while watching Carl Lewis's record, Aleksandar promises to carry on the tradition. However when the shadow of war spreads ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782271765
SKU
V9781782271765
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99-1
About Sasa Stanisic
The award-winning novelist Sasa Stanisic was born in Visegrad, in Bosnia-Herzegovina, in 1978 and has lived in Germany since 1992. His debut novel How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone was acclaimed by readers and critics alike, and has been translated into 30 languages so far. Before the Feast, his second novel, won the 2014 Leipzig Book Fair Prize, was longlisted ... Read more
Reviews for How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone
Wonderfully inventive and impressive Guardian Sasa Stanisic's inventive flourishes... inject the novel with a breezy bravado Independent Enchanting Big Issue There are shades of Joyce here, and Pynchon too, but the whole retains a breathlessly unique, charmingly youthful and deliciously foreign voice... astonishing... simply world-class Irish Examiner Sad and magical Scotsman Impressive Metro A bold, questing work of art Los ... Read more