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The still surface of a sea is both menacing and calmly beautiful: a perfect metaphor for this reflective novel. The narrator's unassuming, thoughtful voice dampens but cannot conceal the forces driving his story of love and war and the boundless suffering of innocents. A young historian, the narrator is involved with a war-crimes trial in The Hague. We gradually learn that the present-day trial does insufficient justice to the past. The narrator tells us through long flashbacks about his love for the possible war criminal's daughter, and we come to understand more of the agonies suffered by everyone touched by the crucial incident, the murder of an extended family. The love affair is moving and utterly believable: charming at first, then intense and finally ripped apart by the conflict between the past and the present. This novel is an exquisite balance between bitter realism and forgiveness- an outstanding achievement in human as well as literary terms.
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Meeresstille is a remarkably calm meditation on whether terrible events separate or unite. - Suspense is prolonged throughout, and this is no small feat.A" - Deutschlandradio Kultur Despite the dramatic circumstances of his novel, Ljubic succeeds in creating an atmosphere of fairness and considerateness. Exploiting his skilful plotting, he interweaves poetic love scenes with the clinical court proceedings in The Hague, juxtaposing the dispassionate description of shocking war crimes with the feelings of his hero. Ljubic brings together various arguments, presents the facts and paints a picture strongly opposed to neglect and repression.A" - Frankfurter Rundschau A thorough poetic-political account of the socalled Balkan conflict.A" - Augsburger Allgemeine The author successfully blurs the distinctions between the sides so that it remains unclear who is guilty, who needs to repent and who is affected in what way. - Nicol Ljubic is a great narrator who asks difficult moral questions and provides challenging answersA" - Literaturnetz.com
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- PublisherVagabond Voices
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 1908251018
- ISBN 13 9781908251015
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages192
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Book Description Softcover. Condition: new. The still surface of a sea is both menacing and calmly beautiful a perfect metaphor for this reflective novel The narrators unassuming thoughtful voice dampens but cannot conceal the forces driving his story of love and war and the boundless suffering of innocents A young historian the narrator is involved with a warcrimes trial in The Hague We gradually learn that the presentday trial does insufficient justice to the past The narrator tells us through long flashbacks about his love for the possible war criminals daughter and we come to understand more of the agonies suffered by everyone touched by the crucial incident the murder of an extended family The love affair is moving and utterly believable charming at first then intense and finally ripped apart by the conflict between the past and the present This novel is an exquisite balance between bitter realism and forgiveness an outstanding achievement in human as well as literary terms. Seller Inventory # DADAX1908251018
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