Strvinari starog svijeta

In an unnamed Mediterranean city that is recognisably Rijeka, a daughter tells of growing up with her father, in their modest flat and on their boat, the Kaljinka, which they take out fishing. Out at sea, among fish and birds, they look for distance from old wounds and anxieties, from the harshness of the city and a reality that presses in on them: a port where factories have given way to landlords living off rent and tourists rule the streets. With them are Volga and Buga, dead women who still live in their memory and guide them. In 41 short chapters, by turns wistful and comic, the novel follows the father as life wears him down from a cocky charmer to a shadow of himself, until illness sends him to hospital and changes everything for both of them.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

140 pages in the original

Genres

Family (assigned by AI)

Set in

Croatia

First published

2023 by OceanMore

ISBN

9789533321684 (original)