The Walnut Mansion
By: Miljenko Jergović ; translated by Stephen M. Dickey, with Jana Pavetić-Dickey
Contributors: Dickey, Stephen M., translator; Pavetić-Dickey, Janja, translator
Series: A Margellos world republic of letters book; Margellos world republic of letters book
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 429
ISBN-13: 9780300179279
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1939-1945; Social life and customs; Fascism; History; Yugoslav War, 1991-1995; Fiction
Work titles: Dvori od oraha
Description: This grand novel encompasses nearly all of Yugoslavia's tumultuous twentieth century, from the decline of the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires through two world wars, the rise and fall of communism, the breakup of the nation, and the terror of the shelling of Dubrovnik. Tackling universal themes on a human scale, master storyteller Miljenko Jergovic traces one Yugoslavian family's tale as history irresistibly casts the fates of five generations. What is it to live a life whose circumstances are driven by history? Jergovic investigates the experiences of a compelling heroine, Regina Delavale, and her many family members and neighbors. Telling Regina's story in reverse chronology, the author proceeds from her final days in 2002 to her birth in 1905, encountering along the way such traumas as atrocities committed by Nazi Ustashe Croats and the death of Tito. Lyrically written and unhesitatingly told, The Walnut Mansion may be read as an allegory of the tragedy of Yugoslavia's tormented twentieth century.--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Translation from Croatian of:  Dvori od oraha.

Translated from the Croatian.