Bibliograph

Belladonna, Daša Drndić ; translated from the Croatian by Celia Hawkesworth

Type

Label

Belladonna, Daša Drndić ; translated from the Croatian by Celia Hawkesworth

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Belladonna

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

975849062

Responsibility statement

Daša Drndić ; translated from the Croatian by Celia Hawkesworth

Series statement

New Directions paperbook, 1388

Summary

"From the author of the highly acclaimed Trieste, a fierce novel about history, memory, and illness. Andreas Ban, a psychologist who does not psychologize anymore and a writer who no longer writes, lives alone in a coastal town in Croatia. He sifts through the remnants of his life--his research, books, photographs--remembering old lovers and friends, the events of WWII, and the breakup of Yugoslavia. Ban's memories of Belgrade, Amsterdam, and Toronto alternate with meditations on the mental faculties of rats, a depressed arctic fox, and the agelessness of lobsters. He tries to push the past away, to "land on a little island of time in which tomorrow does not exist, in which yesterday is buried." Drndic leafs through the horrors of history with a cold unflinching wit. "The past is riddled with holes," she writes. "Souvenirs can't help here."--, Provided by publisher

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