Pesma o tri sveta

The story spans the age from the Baroque, early Enlightenment, mass slavery and the building of a world system, to Napoleon's conquest of Perast. It moves between Europe, Africa and America, between Venice, Tunis and Salem, among pirates protected by states, witches and madness, masters and teachers. At its centre is Ozana Bolica of Perast, a woman pushed out of history. To the outside world she is a slave; inside she is curious, gifted, wise and sensual. She was meant to be Penelope, she says, but became Odysseus. The book is conceived as an anti-colonial novel, giving its heroine back her voice.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

307 pages in the original

Genres

Historical (assigned by AI)

Set in

Montenegro, Italy, Tunisia, United States

First published

2023 by Agora

Author's age

63 when first published

ISBN

9788660533922 (original)