Mahmutovic 's writing is lucid and beautiful. Told in the first person voice of a young woman coming of age as her country falls into war and hatred, the deceptively simple narrative takes the reader on a journey across landscape, political boundaries, assumptions and emotions. The impact is powerful and evocative, the voices authentic, speaking for themselves free of heavy handed authorial intrusion. Full of poignancy without a hint of self-pity; truth without a hint of preaching the novella is a gripping read, a ...
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Mahmutovic 's writing is lucid and beautiful. Told in the first person voice of a young woman coming of age as her country falls into war and hatred, the deceptively simple narrative takes the reader on a journey across landscape, political boundaries, assumptions and emotions. The impact is powerful and evocative, the voices authentic, speaking for themselves free of heavy handed authorial intrusion. Full of poignancy without a hint of self-pity; truth without a hint of preaching the novella is a gripping read, a challenging page turner that will establish Mahmutovic as one of the leading writers of his generation.
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