Ciganin, ali najljepši

Two villages in Međimurje, on Croatia's northern border, one Croatian and one Roma, live pressed together in smouldering hostility that only needs a spark. Four voices tell the story in fragments: Milena, a middle-aged woman who has come back to the place she was born; Sandi, a young Roma man from the neighbouring village; Nuzat, a Kurdish refugee from Iraq trying to reach France; and Plančić, a Zagreb police spokesman near the end of his career. At the centre seems to be a murder case, with victims who cannot be identified and an investigation, but the real core is the forbidden love between Milena and Sandi. Around it build silences and grudges, fear of the stranger, the refugee wave and a crowd ready to turn violent.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

392 pages in the original

Genres

Love, Crime (assigned by AI)

Set in

Croatia

First published

2016 by OceanMore

Author's age

37 when first published

ISBN

9789533320496 (original)