Gramoz

Made up of fragments about the fate of women prisoners, descriptions of suffering in a concentration camp, a memorial visit by later generations to the former camp and their encounter with the tragic fate of their ancestors, and reflections on language. The writing is set off by a group of Carinthian Slovenes, most of them long since moved to the towns, who return from visiting the camp. In waves the book then turns to the community's attitude to them and theirs to others, and to the changes in the villages: the gradual loss of memory of the war and persecution, assimilation and indifference. Its title comes from the gravel between the barracks, on which a girl and a boy walk as they face the memory of a grandmother who never came back.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

88 pages in the original

Genres

War, Historical (assigned by AI)

Set in

Austria

First published

2017 by Litera

Author's age

80 when first published

ISBN

9789617018431 (original)