Join Magdalena Blazevik on the evening of Thursday 11th September at Heffers bookshop to discuss her moving and poetic novel, In Late Summer.
Translated from Croatian, In Late Summer is written from the perspective of a 14-year-old girl killed in the August 1993 massacre in Bosnia. When a picturesque village is caught in the turmoil of war, the entire worlds of girls Ivana and Dunja and their families are blown up and swept away.
Based on personal experience, Magdalena Blažević’s novel is poetic and powerful, full of images of ordinary country life as well as the brutality of war. This is a haunting portrait of a family and a village, each affected differently by the daily realities of civil war. Often compared to Ingeborg Bachmann, Blažević weaves emotion under the surface of her precise and lyrical prose.
The novel is published by Linden editions, a new independent publisher championing translated work from across Eastern Europe and the Mediterranian region.
There will be an opportunity for questions, purchasing a book, and having your copy signed.
