Lit in Translation

Sons, Daughters

Sinovi, kćeri

Ivana Bodrožić (born 1982)

Translated by Ellen Elias-Bursać

English editions

In English

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The novel is told in three parts, three separate voices that each unlock a closed private world. The first belongs to a young woman lying paralysed in a hospital bed, the second to the person she is in love with, and the last to her unhappy mother. Across the generations it speaks of the longing for freedom in a society that confines its people, and of breaking free from the past, from patriarchal bonds and from the constraints others impose.

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About the book

Form
Novel
Length
262 pages in the original
Genres
Family, Love (assigned by AI)
Set in
Croatia
First published
2020 by Corto Literary
Author's age
38 when first published
ISBN

9789534875032 (original)

9781644213353 (Seven Stories Press, United States)

9781911710066 (Seven Stories Press UK, United Kingdom)