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A Handful of Sand is a love story and an ode to lost opportunity. Now far from his homeland, the novel's protagonist looks back on his life, from his childhood, university days and first working experience to more intimate emotional events, making critical observations on human relationships and human existence. Interchanging with the chapters written in the narrator's voice are those narrated by a woman. As her story progresses, we realize that she is the love of his life: something that she hopes he will realize before it is too late.
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Marinko Koščec is an editor at the SysPrint Publishing House and teaches writing at the Sarasan Creative Writing Centre. He is the author of five novels: Someone Else (2001) was awarded the Meša Selimovic Prize for the best novel in the region, while A Handful of Sand was nominated for the prestigious Jutarnji List award. Will Firth is a prolific literary translator who focuses on contemporary writing from the Serbo-Croatian speaking countries and Macedonia.
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"Combines travelogue, personal reflection and anecdote in a style that brings Peter Handke's work to mind. Relationships, friendships, depression, sex, the nightlife of Zagreb and travels to the West combine in a graceful Bildungsroman set in the wake of the Yugoslav Wars—a rich canvas." —Times Literary Supplement
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- PublisherIstros Books
- Publication date2017
- ISBN 10 1908236078
- ISBN 13 9781908236074
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages220
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Istros Books, United Kingdom, London, 2017
ISBN 10: 1908236078
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This is a tale of life, love and loss, told through two nameless voices, a male character who is living in Canada and a female back in Croatia. Without recourse, to dialogue, the author creates two inner worlds of characters who have emerged from broken homes into the reality of post-war Croatia, with little but their talents and their dreams to keep them afloat. The outline of the story is one that is basically shaped through their personal revelations and feelings, musing on subjects such as art, publishing, suicide, loneliness, depression, drug abuse, relationships with family, living in transition society and ultimately love. As each of our protagonists reveals more and more detail about the road that leads to them ultimately meeting each other, we feel their ultimate search for belonging, their loneliness and the over-powering need for the redemption of love. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR004941404
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - 'A Handful of Sand' is a love story and an ode to lost opportunity. Written as a duet for two narrators, we hear both the male and female voice trying to tell us their tale. Steeped in the social context of contemporary Croatia, its themes are vast: parenthood, loneliness, unhappy love, the absence of faith, the struggle for life. Seller Inventory # 9781908236074
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Condition: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Über den AutorMarinko Koscec is a Croatian author and professor of French literature at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb. He is also an editor at the SysPrint Publishing House and teaches novel writing at the . Seller Inventory # 448390239
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