RT Book, Whole DB /z-wcorg/ DS http://worldcat.org ID 756580480 LA Translated from the Croatian. T1 Mama Leone A1 Jergović, Miljenko,, Williams, David,, PB Archipelago Books ; Distributed by Consortium Book Sales and Distribution PP Brooklyn, NY; [Minneapolis, MN] YR 2012 SN 9781935744320 1935744321 AB "Jergovic is an enormously talented storyteller"-Aleksandar Hemon. A masterful collection of stories that draws the reader into a boy's episodic, profoundly personal recounting of his war-torn homeland and childhood. Dazzling, rhapsodic, and above all compassionate, these linked stories, deeply rooted in place and history, break down stereotypes and humanize a complex cultural conflict. Miljenko Jergovic, born in 1966, is a poet, novelist, and journalist. He was awarded the Ivan Goran Kovacic Award and the Mak Dizdar Award for Warsaw Observatory and the Erich Maria Remarque Peace Prize for Sarajevo Marlboro (Archipelago Books, 2003), now in its third printing"-- "A masterful novel that draws the reader into a boy's episodic, profoundly personal recounting of his war-torn homeland and childhood. Dazzling, rhapsodic, and above all humane, these linked stories, deeply rooted in place and history, break down stereotypes and humanize a complex cultural conflict"--