Lit in Translation

Catch the Rabbit

Uhvati zeca

Lana Bastašić (born 1986)

Translated by Lana Bastašić

English editions

In English

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Sara and Lejla, born in Banja Luka, were best friends through childhood, adolescence and the war. Lejla had the wrong name and was renamed Lela so she could survive; her brother Armin also had the wrong name, and it was believed that he was killed for it. Their friendship broke off abruptly. After twelve years of silence Lejla, who lives in Mostar, tells Sara, who lives in Ireland, that Armin is in Vienna. Without hesitating, Sara leaves her settled life in Dublin, and the two set out from Mostar for Vienna. Sara tells the story of the journey across a Bosnia where it is dark even in the middle of the day.

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About the book

Form
Novel
Length
209 pages in the original
Genres
War, Coming of age (assigned by AI)
Set in
Bosnia & Herzegovina, Ireland, Austria
First published
2018 by Kontrast
Author's age
32 when first published
ISBN

9788689203912 (original)

9781632062895 (Restless Books, United States)

9781529039627 (Picador, United Kingdom)

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