My Cat Yugoslavia

My Cat Yugoslavia
Author Pajtim Statovci
Original title Kissani Jugoslavia
Translator David Hackston
Country Finland
Language Finnish
Publisher Helsinki: Otava (Finnish 1st ed.)
UK: Pushkin Press (UK English 1st ed.)
US: Pantheon Books (US English 1st ed.)
Publication date
2014
Published in English
2017

My Cat Yugoslavia is the first novel by Pajtim Statovci. The novel explores the lives of a woman in Kosovo and of her son as a refugee in Finland.[1][2] The book was first published in Finnish in 2014[3] and in English in 2017.[1] It received the 2014 Helsingin Sanomat Literature Prize.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Obreht, Téa. "An Uncanny Cat, a Companionable Snake and Displaced Desire". The New York Times. Retrieved 2017-10-08.
  2. Hulbert, Ann. "The Disorienting Power of 'My Cat Yugoslavia'". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2017-10-08.
  3. "'My Cat Yugoslavia' Needs A Good Brushing". NPR.org. Retrieved 2017-10-08.
  4. "Pajtim Statovcin romaani voitti HS:n kirjallisuuspalkinnon". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 2014-11-13. Retrieved 2017-10-08.
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