Book Reviews Svetlana Tomić Neva Lukić / Courtesy of Cultural Institution Blesok The recent collection of short stories by Neva Lukić, Endless Endings (Bokeh, 2018), originally written in Croatian and translated into English by Jeremy White, was published first in Croatia under a different title: More i zaustavljene priče (HDP, 2016) and then in Serbia (Treći trg, Srebrno drvo, 2018). It is not a debut book but the work of an award-winning and multitalented author who has already published two collections of poems and a collection of short stories, a picture book, and has done screenwriting and directing work. With other contemporary Croatian fiction writers, such as Zoran Ferić and Ante Tomić, Neva Lukić shares critical humor and irony. Like Tatjana Gromača, she offers a woman’s view of reality. Lukić’s sharp criticism of totalitarian politics can be compared with Daša Drndić’s writing. However, two features, like differentia specifica, make this book by Neva Lukić different from the work of these other authors. They are (1) a deep commitment to language issues and the strong literariness of the text and (2) a critique of totalitarian ideology by using fantasy and paradox, which allow us to describe this writer as the twenty-first-century fusion of Orwell and Kharms. Readers who love wordplay, paradoxes, fantasy, and humor will enjoy this book. With the first story, “Non-Event,” we immediately enter the poetic rhythm of its... Continue reading at 'World Literature Today'
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'Eat, Pray, Love' author Elizabeth Gilbert plunges into historical fiction with a creative passion in the novel 'The Signature of All Things.'With a charming, flawed heroine straight out of Jane Austen, a Dickensian rags-to-riches story and thwarted romances that hark back to the Brontës,... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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"Not much is really sacred," Bob Dylan raspily mourned, citing "flesh–colored Christs that glow in the dark" and other choice bits of consumerism as evidence. And now, the Waanders In de Broeren bookshop is open for business inside a 15th–century cathedral. In the small municipality of Zwolle... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2013-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Century and Arrow have signed a four-book deal with bestselling saga author Katie Flynn. Editor... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gris Grimly punks up the 'Frankenstein' crew in his illustrated book, while Alison Croggon modernizes 'Wuthering Heights' in her YA novel 'Black Spring.'Those thoroughly satiated with beach days and summer blonds can seek refuge of a darker sort in two new novels for young adults in which... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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21st Century Fox has bought a 5 per cent stake in Vice Media, the digital media company that evolved from Vice magazine, in a deal which values it at $1.4 billion (£895 million). Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2013-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Century's Julia Twaites has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, to He... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A book published during the presidency of Chester A. Arthur has a greater chance of being in print today than one published during the time of Reagan. Continue reading at The Atlantic
[ The Atlantic | 2013-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Big Brother is watching. And people are reading.Big Brother is watching. And people are reading. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Century has acquired a crime novel set in 1990s Washington DC by US author Neely Tucker. Jack... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Orwell Book Prize for political writing is won by AT Williams for his book on Baha Mousa, while Marie Colvin is honoured with a posthumous award. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2013-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Orwell Book Prize has been awarded to A Very British Killing: The Death of Baha Mousa by A... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Raja Shehadeh is in the running to win the Orwell Prize for a second time, with Random... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Journalist killed in Syria is shortlisted for Orwell Book Prize, which celebrates political writing. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2013-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson has acquired at auction a new non-fiction book offering an alternative... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Random House has acquired a debut novel called Five Days Left by Julie Lawson at auction. ... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins has three titles on the 12-strong Orwell Book Prize longlist, with the judges... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Century and Arrow have signed a new multi-book contract with No Child of Mine author Susan Lewis... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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British bookshop Foyles and The Bookseller have partnered to help crowdsource ideas for making Foyles's new flagship store fit for the 21st Century. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Macmillan Publishers and 21st Century Publishing House Co. have launched the Macmillan Century... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Century has won a four-way auction in the memoir of one of Britain's most notorious gangland... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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