The Fig Tree
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
The Fig Tree is a novel composed of the intertwining stories of the family of Jadran, a 30-something who tries to piece together the story of his relatives in order to better understand himself. Because he cannot understand why Anja walked out of their shared life, he tries to understand the suspicious death of his grandfather and the withdrawal of his grandmother into oblivion and dementia. With all his might, Jadran tries to understand the departure of his father in the first year of the war in the Balkans as he also tries to comprehend his mother, with her bewildering resentment of his grandfather, and her silent disappointment with his father.
The Fig Tree is a multigenerational family saga, a tour de force spanning three generations from the mid-20th century through the Balkans wars of the 90s until present day. Vojnović is a master storyteller, and while fateful choices made by his characters are often dictated by the historical realities of the times they live in, at its heart this is an intimate story of family, of relationships, of love and freedom and the choices we make.
Goran Vojnovi
Goran Vojnović exploded onto the Slovenian literary scene in 2008 with his debut novel Southern Scum Go Home!. The novel became an instant bestseller – it is in fact one of the bestselling Slovenian novels in recent decades. The novel reaped all the major national literary awards, including the Kresnik Award for best novel of the year and the Prešeren Fund Award, Slovenia’s highest award for artistic achievement, His second novel, Yugoslavia, My Fatherland (2012), also received the Kresnik Award, was adapted for stage and translated into thirteen languages. His third novel, The Fig Tree (Figa, 2016), once again received the Kresnik. Vojnović is only the third person to ever receive three Kresnik Awards in its 27-year history, and no one has won it more than three times; he is also the first and only writer to have received the award for all his novels.
Related to The Fig Tree
Related ebooks
Sarajevo Blues Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Shadows on the Tundra Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHavana Year Zero Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Red Ants Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsResistance Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Everything Happens as It Does Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pobeda 1946: A Car Called Victory Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSpring: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This Could Have Become Ramayan Chamar's Tale: Two Anti-Novels Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHigh Tide Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Age of Skin Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Thousand Peaceful Cities Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Faster I Walk, The Smaller I Am Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Theatre of War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Death in Spring Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Reading The Ceiling Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Beyond the Rice Fields Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Slipping Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Salt Crystals Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Three Apples Fell from the Sky: The International Bestseller Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Gasoline Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Party Headquarters Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Attic Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Translator's Bride Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Guadalajara Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHere Be Icebergs Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Little Annihilation Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Blue Room Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsUnder Nushagak Bluff: A Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIn The Dark Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
General Fiction For You
Life of Pi: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Man Called Ove: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Silmarillion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Covenant of Water (Oprah's Book Club) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Shantaram: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Priory of the Orange Tree Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The City of Dreaming Books Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Dante's Divine Comedy: Inferno Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Heroes: The Greek Myths Reimagined Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Fellowship Of The Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Alchemist: A Graphic Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ulysses: With linked Table of Contents Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Unhoneymooners Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beartown: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jackal, Jackal: Tales of the Dark and Fantastic Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Candy House: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5It Ends with Us: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Recital of the Dark Verses Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Labyrinth of Dreaming Books: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Meditations: Complete and Unabridged Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Second Life of Mirielle West: A Haunting Historical Novel Perfect for Book Clubs Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Other Black Girl: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Everything's Fine Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nettle & Bone Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5My Sister's Keeper: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for The Fig Tree
0 ratings0 reviews