Winters in the south
By: Norbert Gstrein ; translated from the German by Anthea Bell and Julian Evans
Publisher: MacLehose Press, Quercus
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9781906694302; 9781906694319
Subjects: Fathers and daughters; Exiles; Croats; History; Yugoslav War, 1991-1995; Fiction
Work titles: Winter im Süden
Description: This is a story about a Croatian family divided in a time of civil conflict. As ethnic tensions escalate into war, Marija returns in confusion to her native Croatia - call it a mid-life crisis. She soon takes up with a young soldier, but her age does not give her the least power over him. On the other side of the world, her estranged father is gearing up to enter the fray, raising the cash to raise an army. Exiled to Argentina, he has been waiting for this moment since 1945. But war is a young man's game, and even his closest comrades cannot be trusted. If the Old Man is to meet his daughter again it will be in a world altered beyond his understanding, where the only soldiers he commands are in his head.
Notes: Text in English; translated from German.