Lit in Translation

Jurica Pavičić

Born 1965 · Croatia

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    tportal 2025 · Shortlist

    Žigice

    Title translated by AI:“Matches”

    Jurica Pavičić · 59 when first published

    Novel · 285 pages · Crime

    AI-generated summary:One March a fire near Split, driven by the bora, spreads over Mount Mosor and kills a man, and Inspector Petar Fradelić must find out who started it.

  • In English

    tportal 2023 · Shortlist

    Mother of Sorrows

    Mater Dolorosa

    Jurica Pavičić · 57 when first published

    Novel · 336 pages · Crime, Family

    AI-generated summary:In Split in autumn 2022, inspector Zvone Carev investigates the murder of schoolgirl Viktorija Zeba, while the killer's mother Katja and sister Ines cope in their own way with what he has done.

  • In English

    tportal 2018 · Shortlist

    Red Water

    Crvena voda

    Jurica Pavičić · 52 when first published

    Novel · 345 pages · Crime, Family

    AI-generated summary:Seventeen-year-old Silva Vela vanishes one September weekend in 1989 in a small Dalmatian town, and her parents and brother spend the next 27 years looking for her as Croatia passes through war and transition.