Lit in Translation

Daša Drndić

Born 1946 · Croatia

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • In English

    Warwick Prize 2018 · Winner

    Belladonna

    Belladonna

    Daša Drndić · 66 when first published

    Novel · 320 pages

    Translated by Celia Hawkesworth

    AI-generated summary:Andreas Ban, an ageing psychologist and writer cast aside by society, faces illness and the shame his world attaches to old age, in a book that mixes fact and fiction, autobiography and invention.

  • In English

    tportal 2017 · Shortlist

    EEG

    EEG

    Daša Drndić · 70 when first published

    Novel · 412 pages · Historical

    AI-generated summary:Andreas Ban, the cynical hero of an earlier novel, survives a suicide attempt and goes on dissecting society and his own past, uncovering the hidden horrors of everyone around him.