A picture of a disappearing way of life, a tale of feud and displacement, and imbued with the tastes, tales, and songs of his native Istria, Koslovic's story is a testament to the intertwined ethnic roots of Balkan history.
RUSSELL SCOTT VALENTINO is a professor in the Department of Russian at the University of Iowa.
Editor. Translator. Publisher. Author. Scholar. Collaborator. Composer. Partner. And Papa. (Indiana University, AHB, Ba Ren Chi)
@mountain_goats But if looking, have a look at Fulvio Tomizza’s Materada (my translation), Vassilis Alexakis’s Foreign Words (such a good book, tr. by Alyson Waters), and Christian Bobin’s gem lyric essays in either A Little Party Dress or (maybe better) I Never Dared Hope (tr. Alison Anderson).