Damion Searles

20th century (2) 21st century (2) at times its whimsy was much appreciated; her notes at the end are informative and hold as much interest as the best of the stories; one footnote cracked me up: "English-speaking readers may find it helpful to know that 'Cvek' is pronounced 'Tsvek'."; "No (1) bought 2011 (1) by-women (1) Croatia (7) Croatian (5) Croatian literature (5) dalkey (3) Dalkey Archive (3) Eastern Europe (2) fiction (14) Kind of a Kharms and Gogol mishmash with a feminist bent; some passages are humorous (1) literature (3) novel (3) novella (2) NWMW Non-WhiteMale Writers (1) publisher: Dalkey Archive (2) short stories (11) some exasperating; certain stories seemed to run out of steam ("Steffie Cvek in the Jaws of Life") while others retained its pace until the end ("A Hot Dog in a Warm Bun"); while the experimentation wasn't always successful (1) stories (3) that thing in the bun was most definitely not a hot dog!" (1) to-read (5) translation (5) translator: Celia Hawkesworth (1) translator: Damion Searles (1) ugresic (2) unread (4) Yugoslavia (2) zz-DA01 (1)