Description: Further DetailsTitle: MostarghiaCondition: NewAuthor: Maya OmbasicTranslator: Donald WinklerContributor: Donald Winkler (Translated by)Format: PaperbackEAN: 9781771962834ISBN: 9781771962834Publisher: BiblioasisGenre: BiographyTopic: Social Sciences, Society & CultureRelease Date: 10/03/2019Description: AN OPENCANADA SUMMER READ 2019 In the south of Bosnia and Herzegovina lies Mostar, a medieval town on the banks of the emerald Neretva, which flows from the “valley of sugared trees” through sunny hills to reach the Adriatic Sea. This idyllic locale is the scene of Maya Ombasic’s childhood—until civil war breaks out in Yugoslavia and the bombs begin to fall. Her family is exiled to Switzerland, and after a brief return, they leave again for Canada. While Maya adapts to their new home, her father never does, refusing even to learn the language of his new country. A portmanteau of Mostar and nostalgia, Mostarghia evokes Ombasic’s yearning for a place that no longer exists: the city before the civil war, when its many ethnicities interacted in a spirit of civility and in harmony. It refers as well to Andrei Tarkovsky’s classic film Nostalghia, the viewing of which illuminated the author’s often explosive relationship with her father, a larger-than-life figure who was both influence and psychological burden: he inspired her interest, and eventual career, in philosophy, and she was his translator, his support, his obsession. Along with this portrait of a man described by turns as passionate, endearing, maddening, and suffocating, Ombasic deftly constructs a moving personal account of what it means to be a refugee and how a generation learns to thrive despite the struggles of its predecessors.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: CAItem Height: 209mmItem Length: 133mmBook Series: Biblioasis International Translation SeriesRelease Year: 2019 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Mostarghia
Title: Mostarghia
Translator: Donald Winkler
Contributor: Donald Winkler (Translated by)
EAN: 9781771962834
ISBN: 9781771962834
Release Date: 10/03/2019
Release Year: 2019
Country/Region of Manufacture: CA
Series: Biblioasis International Translation Series
Book Title: Mostarghia
Number of Pages: 224 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Biblioasis
Topic: Women, Personal Memoirs
Item Height: 0.8 in
Publication Year: 2019
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Item Weight: 8.5 Oz
Item Length: 8.2 in
Author: Maya Ombasic
Item Width: 5.1 in
Book Series: Biblioasis International Translation Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
