Books by Slavenka Drakulić
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review 1: This novel is told while Frida is on her death bed. It constantly switches between memories, traditional narratives, descriptions of her paintings, and present time musings on pain. Over all I feel this novel is rewarding but a hard read, since it switches between first and thi...
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review 1: I read three or four of the stories in this book, and my first thought was that this would be a perfect read for a college or AP High School class studying the days behind the Iron Curtain. This is a clever book, sarcastic, funny and inventive. Each animal represents an eastern E...
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review 1: Unatoč mnogobrojnim operacijama i stalnim bolovima meksička slikarica živi intenzivan i ispunjen život. U kontaktu je sa značajnim ljudima svoga vremena, a njezine slike postaju ikone 20. stoljeća. U dobi od 47 godina osjeća da će uskoro umrijeti. Ali ne prepušta se sudbini. Fri...
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review 1: It's always difficult to "judge" a work of translation because you have no idea what you are missing. I think it's interesting that FRIDA'S BED was translated into English from Croation. Anyway, putting that aside, I feel like Drakulic captured Frida's essence. Her collage-style ...