Pajtim Statovci
1. Bolla
Bolla
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5 Stunden und 59 Minuten
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Erscheinungsdatum
07.04.2022
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Lesung
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MP3
Anzahl Dateien
38
Verlag
Faber & FaberÜbersetzt von
David Hackston
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Englisch
EAN
9780571373932
It is April, 1995. Kosovo is a country on the cusp of a dreadful war. Arsim is twenty-two, newly married, cautious - an Albanian trying to keep his head down and finish his studies in an atmosphere of creeping threat. Until he encounters Milos, a Serb, and begins a life in secret. Bolla is the story of what happens when passion and history collide - when a relationship, already forbidden and laced with danger, is ripped apart by war and migration, separated by nations and fate. What happens when you are forced to live a life that is not yours, so far from your desires? Can the human remain?
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“War is born of war and there is no war that will end a war, and the disgust the boy caused was war’s finger, a fist shoved down the throat.”
Bewertung am 25.02.2025
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After I liked “My Cat Yugoslavia” so much, I wanted to read more books by Pajtim Statovci, who won the Finlandia Prize in 2019. I have read translations in both English and German, but this novel particularly impressed me.
In Albanian mythology, a “Bolla” is a snake-like figure that opens its eyes every year and devours every person in sight. And just like this mythical creature, we slip into the life and thoughts of Arsim, an Albanian writer who meets the Serb Milos. Dark confessions and terrible truths emerge as we follow the affair of two men torn apart by war.
This book feels like a car crash that you can't look away from. It deals with the topics of migration and internalized homophobia. Misogyny and feminism at the same time in a beautifully written and captivating story.