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The novel, whose original title is L'Homme de plâtre, explores complex human destinies through the story of a protagonist whose life symbolically reflects fragility and vulnerability, like plaster.
When Thea finds herself on a hijacked plane somewhere over the Libyan desert, her priority is to take care of two boys rescued from the war in Africa, who are now traveling with her to a new family in London.
If Mrs Tischbein had known the amazing adventures her son Emil would have in Berlin, she'd never have let him go.
A novel and study in one, Jergović's portrait of the lost era of Sarajevo from June 1914 to the autumn of 1919, transforming the city into a metaphor for the beauty and horror of the 20th century, full of wars and trauma.
