Hamam Balkania
Subtitle: a novel and other stories
By: Vladislav Bajac ; translated from the Serbian by Randall A. Major
Publisher: Istros Books
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York, New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 407
ISBN-13: 9781613430477
Subjects: Serbs; Fiction
Work titles: Hamam Balkanija
Description: Contemporary fiction. This is a tale of East and West, of Christianity and Islam and the age-old struggle between them. By focusing on the larger-than-life personalities of two Balkan men who were taken from their Serbian homeland and introduced into the Turkish Sultan's private guard, the author provides us with a harrowing insight into religion and identity. Framed within the contemporary literary landscape of Pamuk, Ginsberg and Prenz, the reader is constantly shuttled between historical fact and modern dilemma, as 'Hamam Balkania' reminds us of lessons already learned.
Notes: Text in English, translated from the Serbian.