Lit in Translation

Ivica Prtenjača

Born 1969 · Croatia

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    tportal 2018 · Shortlist

    Tiho rušenje

    Title translated by AI:“Quiet Demolition”

    Ivica Prtenjača · 48 when first published

    Novel · 151 pages

    AI-generated summary:A literature teacher who never got a school post works as a house painter, and while he strips and knocks down the walls of a flat in central Zagreb, his client's extraordinary life story unsettles them both.

  • In English

    tportal 2015 · Shortlist

    The Hill

    Brdo

    Ivica Prtenjača · 45 when first published

    Novel · 156 pages · Nature

    AI-generated summary:Dismissed as head of public relations at Zagreb's Museum of Contemporary Art, a burnt-out man flees the city to spend a summer alone as a fire lookout on top of an Adriatic island.