
Radio Siga
Sandorf Passage (Publisher)
Published on 24. May 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
213 pages
978-953-351-370-6 (ISBN)
Description
A darkly funny and touching story of war, identity, and one man's unusual transformation in World War II Yugoslavia.
In Radio Siga, meet Kalman Gubica, a hard-drinking layabout whose life is forever altered after a lightning strike. Haunted by the voice of his long-dead father, Kalman struggles to find meaning amidst the chaos of war. Can he quiet the maddening messages in his head? Will settling down with a Russian female soldier or joining the resistance against Hungarian fascists and German Nazis bring him peace?
Perfect for readers of historical fiction, Radio Siga offers a unique perspective on World War II, revealing a facet of the conflict not often encountered by English-language audiences. Experience a darkly humorous and poignant journey through occupied Yugoslavia, where identity, sanity, and survival are constantly at odds.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 121 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
290 gr
ISBN-13
978-953-351-370-6 (9789533513706)
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Ivan Vidak is the author of the short story collection Ugljik na suncu (Carbon in the Sun). He lives and works in Zagreb, Croatia. Matt Robinson was born in 1978 in Buckinghamshire, UK. He grew up in the village where the children's author Roald Dahl lived, on the High Street where the Big Friendly Giant snatched Sophie from her orphanage bed. Having graduated in Politics with East European Studies from the University of Nottingham, he moved to Belgrade in 2000 and worked for the independent radio station B92 as an editor, translator, and newsreader before joining Reuters news agency as a foreign correspondent. He spent the next fifteen years reporting from southeast Europe, the Middle East, and former Soviet Union, but kept returning to the Balkans. This is the first novel he has translated. He lives in Ljubljana, Slovenia.