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Yugoslavia, 1980s: a 16-year-old Muslim girl named Emine is married off to a man she hardly knows. But what was meant to be a happy match soon goes terribly wrong. Her country is torn apart by war and she flees with her family. Decades later Emine's son, Bekim, has grown up a social outcast in Finland; both an immigrant in a country suspicious of foreigners, and a gay man in an unaccepting society. Aside from casual hookups, his only friend is a boa constrictor whom he lets roam his apartment - even though he is terrified of snakes. But one night in a gay bar, Bekim meets a talking cat who moves in with him and his snake. This witty, charming, manipulative creature starts Bekim on a journey back to Kosovo to confront his demons and make sense of the remarkable, cruel history of his family. It is a journey that will eventually lead him to love
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My Cat Yugoslavia, Pajtim Statovci
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- Released
- 2018
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- Title
- My Cat Yugoslavia
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Pajtim Statovci
- Publisher
- Pushkin Press
- Released
- 2018
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 272
- ISBN10
- 1782273603
- ISBN13
- 9781782273608
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, LGBTQ+, Cats, Magical Realism, Finnish Literature, Finland, Immigrants, War in Yugoslavia (1991-2001)
- First published
- 2014
- Original title
- Kissani Jugoslavia
- Rating
- 3.75 out of 5
- Description
- Yugoslavia, 1980s: a 16-year-old Muslim girl named Emine is married off to a man she hardly knows. But what was meant to be a happy match soon goes terribly wrong. Her country is torn apart by war and she flees with her family. Decades later Emine's son, Bekim, has grown up a social outcast in Finland; both an immigrant in a country suspicious of foreigners, and a gay man in an unaccepting society. Aside from casual hookups, his only friend is a boa constrictor whom he lets roam his apartment - even though he is terrified of snakes. But one night in a gay bar, Bekim meets a talking cat who moves in with him and his snake. This witty, charming, manipulative creature starts Bekim on a journey back to Kosovo to confront his demons and make sense of the remarkable, cruel history of his family. It is a journey that will eventually lead him to love