The book contains about twenty stories connected into one whole by the main character (the writer Oskar). It is, therefore, a kind of novel that, through intimate confessions, actually talks about the loneliness of the modern intellectual.
Jergović's stories ironically depict a childhood and an upbringing. The only reality of this autobiographical prose is moving from place to place and from country to country. Strength and beauty are found in the subtle threads with which he weaves his ima
Durieux, 1999.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
8.56 €
Bosnian literature • Croatian literature • Novele • Short Stories • Serbian literature
The collection "Confession and Other Stories" brings together lesser-known, but extremely valuable, short stories by Andrić, written mainly in the period 1920–1940, some of which were only published posthumously.