The Hotel Tito: A Novel

The Hotel Tito: A Novel

Winner of the Prix Ulysse for best debut novel in France
Winner in Croatia and the Balkan region of the KoÄiÄ‡evo Pero Award, the Josip and Ivan Kozarac Award, and the Kiklop Award for the best work of fiction

When the Croatian War of Independence breaks out in her hometown of Vukovar in the summer of 1991 she is nine years old, nestled within the embrace of family with her father, mother, and older brother. She is sent to a seaside vacation to be far from the hostilities. Meanwhile, her father has disappeared while fighting with the Croatian forces. By the time she returns at summerâ€™s end everything has changed. Against the backdrop of genocide (the Vukovar hospital massacre) and the devastation of middle-class society within the Yugoslav Federation, our young narrator, now with her mother and brother refugees among a sea of refugees, spends the next six years experiencing her own self-discovery and transformation amid unfamiliar surroundings as a displaced person. As she grows from a nine-year old into a sparkling and wonderfully complicated fifteen-year-old, it is as a stranger in her own land.
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Applauded as the finest work of fiction to appear about the Yugoslav Wars, Ivana BodroÂžiÄ‡â€™s The Hotel Tito is at its heart a story of a young girlâ€™s coming of age, a reminder that even during times of warâ€”especially during such timesâ€”the future rests with those who are the innocent victims and peaceful survivors.
Country USA
Brand Seven Stories Press
Manufacturer Seven Stories Press
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9781609807955
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2017-11-07
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781609807955

Country	USA
Brand	Seven Stories Press
Manufacturer	Seven Stories Press
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9781609807955
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2017-11-07
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781609807955

The Hotel Tito: A Novel

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