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The Fig Tree

Goran Vojnovic author Olivia Hellewell translator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Istros Books

Published:20th Oct '20

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The latest novel by the three-time winner of the Kresnik Award (the Slovenian Booker)

The Fig Tree is a multi-generational family saga, a tour de force spanning three generations from the mid-20th century through the Balkans wars of the 90s until present day; at its heart this is an intimate story of family, of relationships, of love and freedom and the choices we make.The Fig Tree is a novel composed of the intertwining stories of the family of Jadran, a 30-something who tries to piece together the story of his relatives in order to better understand himself. Because he cannot understand why Anja walked out of their shared life, he tries to understand the suspicious death of his grandfather and the withdrawal of his grandmother into oblivion and dementia. With all his might, Jadran tries to understand the departure of his father in the first year of the war in the Balkans as he also tries to comprehend his mother, with her bewildering resentment of his grandfather, and her silent disappointment with his father. The Fig Tree is a multigenerational family saga, a tour de force spanning three generations from the mid-20th century through the Balkans wars of the 90s until present day. Vojnovic is a master storyteller, and while fateful choices made by his characters are often dictated by the historical realities of the times they live in, at its heart this is an intimate story of family, of relationships, of love and freedom and the choices we make.

"The Fig Tree is an exquisitely rendered novel, it's a big and satisfying read, and among others calls to mind Colum McCann's TransAtlantic and Orhan Pamuk's Silent House." Kon-teksti

  • Winner of Kresnik Award 2018

ISBN: 9781912545247

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350 pages