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The 2011 Award

 

Ognjenovic

Adulterers

by Vida Ognjenovic

Translated from the original Serbian by Jelena Bankovic and Nicholas Moravcevich

 

 

 

Nominated by:

  • City Library of Herceg-Novi, Montenegro
  • City Library of Belgrade, Serbia.

 

Publisher of Nominated Edition:

Geopoetika Publishing

 
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ABOUT THE BOOK

In gripping true-confession style, the narrator speaks of love, of family history, of the fragile little things that make us what we are. A woman in the prime of her life, her world coming apart at the seams… Think you already know this story? Think again. It’s a brand-new tale in the skilful hands of Vida Ognjenovic, whose well-known talents for the theatre are on fully display in this award-winning venture into fiction. Join her leading lady, Amalija, on a soul-searching quest for true identity. If there really is such a thing…
 
. (From Publisher).
 
ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Vida Ognjenovic (born in Dubocke near Niksic, Montenegro) is a highly esteemed Serbian theatre director, playwright, novelist, short story writer, university professor and diplomat.
Her plays and fiction have been translated into many languages. She is the ambassador of Serbia to Denmark and is also the president of the Serbian Pen Centre.

 

LIBRARIANS' COMMENTS

The author of Adulterers speaks of love, of family history, of the fragile little things that make us what we are. It is a brand new tale in the skilful hands of Vida Ognjenovic, whose well-known talents for the theatre are on full display in this award-winning venture into fiction.

 

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